As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.