As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.