The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/28/2019 04:25 am by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.