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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the game board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop 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 he at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you've successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the competitor doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to hurt your opponent's positions in hope to boost your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.