The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of the competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.