As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.
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