The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 05/16/2021 03:25 am by Madisyn
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.