The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 07/01/2019 03:25 am by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of the competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.