As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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