As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a bad position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.