Backgammon Tricks

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two 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 requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.