As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.