As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two 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 needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.
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