As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.