Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 08-05-2022
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The goal is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.