As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving 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 finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.