As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.