As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.