The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 06/04/2020 03:25 am by Jillian
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.