The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 07/24/2021 09:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game 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 opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.