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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. After you've successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to harm your competitor's positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often used when you're far behind your opponent. To compete in 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 strategy is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.