As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.