As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.
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