As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her 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 competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.