As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.