As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.