Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 04-07-2021
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips safely 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 opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block 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 battered position if she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.