Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 22-11-2019
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.