As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get 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 Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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