As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.