As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 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 seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.