The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
Saturday, 2. September 2023
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move his checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.
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