The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 06/12/2021 02:25 pm by Jillian
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two 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 checkers and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.