As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling 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 leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.