The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 06/12/2022 09:25 pm by Zaire
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’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 established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 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 because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.