The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part Two
by Karla on Friday, February 23rd, 2018
As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.
The Priming Game Strategy
If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Technique
The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.
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