As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.