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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your game board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, the opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to hurt your opponent's positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.