As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.