Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 15-11-2015
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.