As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.