As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.