Backgammon Information

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.