The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
by Caden on Friday, May 26th, 2023
As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips 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 tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn’t even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions with hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, 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 challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.
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