As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.