As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.