As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.