As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.