Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 20-08-2019
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.