The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/22/2022 10:25 pm by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control 2 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 play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.