The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 10/26/2015 02:21 pm by Jillian
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop 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 bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.