The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 12/22/2020 04:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.