Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 18-05-2023
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opponent shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Tactic
If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. Once you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.