The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 07/23/2023 09:25 pm by Zaire
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he at all 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 assembled the prime to block the activity of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.