As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you are 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 (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.