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The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve 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 pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.