As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.