The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 05/17/2023 01:25 am by Lillie
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.