The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 10/29/2023 01:25 am by Jillian
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.