The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your opponent. To play 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 complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.
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