As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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