The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics 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 tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, 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 complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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