As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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