Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 18-07-2020
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.