Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 04-09-2015
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.