As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.