The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part Two
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.