As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. 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 their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.