The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 02/28/2018 11:25 pm by Madisyn
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.