The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 05/23/2022 11:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.