The Essential Facts of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 10/01/2021 03:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.