As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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