The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete 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 tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.