As we have dicussed in the previous 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 moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) 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 chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.