The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 08/27/2020 09:25 pm by Zaire
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.