As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.
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