As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts 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. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, 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 challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.