The Essential Details of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.