The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 03/18/2016 01:21 pm by Zaire
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.