As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re 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 late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.