As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.
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