The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 03/27/2022 03:25 pm by Lillie
As we 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 inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.