As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.