As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.