As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.
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