The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.