Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 01-10-2017
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.