Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 07-11-2009
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means 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 strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.