The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 02/23/2019 12:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.