The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/12/2021 06:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.