As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.