The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 08/05/2017 08:25 pm by Lillie
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.