As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.
