The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/07/2017 03:25 pm by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.