The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 07/02/2018 08:25 pm by Jillian
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two 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 seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.