The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 03/23/2022 11:25 pm by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you are 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 late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.