The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2

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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular times. 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 move her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game plan utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.

The Essential Details of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 1

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The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and pull them from the board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and fortune. How far you can shift your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the differing parts of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your chips into your inside board and pull them off as quickly as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with no efforts to hit or block your opponent’s chips. The ideal scenario to use this tactic is when you think you can move your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. Once you’ve established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other chips swiftly from the game board. The player should also have a clear plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.