The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/29/2019 12:25 pm by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.