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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently employed when you're far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.