As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to block 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’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you are 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 plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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