Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 28-11-2024
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.