As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by constructing 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 at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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