The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 11/05/2009 08:21 am by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.