As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.