As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, 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 opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 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 seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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