As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.
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