As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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