The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully constructed the prime to block the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.