The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/07/2018 05:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.