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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you've successfully built the prime to block the activity of your competitor, the opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions with hope to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex 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.