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The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.