As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.