As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result 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 game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.