As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) 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 chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.
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