Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 11-06-2023
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.