As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic 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 result of the dice roll.