Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 01-11-2020
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.