As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.