As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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