As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.