The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, 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 chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 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 play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.
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