The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 06/07/2019 10:25 am by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent 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 ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.