The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 02/20/2021 08:25 pm by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a bad position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.