As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips 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 last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.