The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 10/09/2017 02:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.