Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 19-07-2021
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.