The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 09/30/2015 10:21 am by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.