The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 11/27/2023 12:25 am by Jillian
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and roll 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 strategy are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.