Backgammon Tricks

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.