As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.