As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.
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