As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.