The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 03/29/2024 03:25 pm by Zaire
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.