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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, your competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and toss the dice again. You will win the game 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 in hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique uses different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is generally used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.