The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 10/23/2023 03:25 pm by Madisyn
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll 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 very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.