As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.