The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 12/22/2020 08:25 am by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.