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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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