Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 17-04-2017
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 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 employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.