Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 03-04-2024
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is commonly used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 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 employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.