The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 12/26/2021 10:25 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 pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, 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 because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.