Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 02-06-2019
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 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 because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.