As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.