As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two 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 employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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