As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To compete 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 technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.
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