The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 2
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hurt your opponent’s positions in hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.
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