As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.
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