As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.