The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 01/16/2023 02:25 am by Zaire
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have 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 use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.