As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the two final 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 their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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