The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 01/10/2023 06:25 pm by Madisyn
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.