The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 07/04/2020 11:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.