As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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