Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 24-08-2024
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opponent moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, but the Back Game technique uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.