The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 11/16/2015 09:21 pm by Jillian
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape 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’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.