As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, 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 employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.