As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.
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