The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 12/05/2020 06:25 pm by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.