Backgammon Tricks

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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.