As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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