As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all 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. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent 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 Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.
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