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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and good luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular techniques at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn't even get to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions with hope to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often used when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.