The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 2
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to shift your pieces safely around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.
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