The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 03/30/2024 07:25 am by Lillie
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.