As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.