The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.