The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
Posted in Backgammon on 07/11/2023 01:25 am by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.