As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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