The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part Two
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Strategy
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, but the Back Game tactic uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.
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