As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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