Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 23-08-2023
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you have 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 because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.