As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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