The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/24/2016 02:21 pm by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.