As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the game 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 shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan 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 result a damaged position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.
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