As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two 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 employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.