As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.