As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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