As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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