The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 05/04/2019 01:25 am by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.