The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.