As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.