As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.