As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.
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