As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.
February 17th, 2008
Lee
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