As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.