As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.