The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 09/25/2020 01:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.