As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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