As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.