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The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two

As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you are 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 late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.

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