The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
Posted in Backgammon on 06/23/2024 11:25 am by Madisyn
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.