The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 03/17/2017 04:25 am by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.