As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.
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