As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
