As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts 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 requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she ever tries to escape 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 built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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