As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his checkers, the Priming Game plan 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 hit, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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