As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.