As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.