As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a bad position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.