As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.