The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is often employed when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.