The Essential Details of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.