Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 25-01-2020
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.