The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic 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 creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.

