As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.