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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar - to harm your competitor's positions hoping to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.