The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 11/19/2021 04:25 am by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.