The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.
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