As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave 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’ve successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.