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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any activity of the opposing player by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you've successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you're far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.