As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, 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 chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.