As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan 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 constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two 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 use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.