As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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