Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 27-11-2020
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent 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 ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.