The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 01/18/2019 04:25 am by Zaire
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.