The Essential Facts of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.