As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling 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 leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.