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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your chips carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. Once you've successfully built the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to hinder your opponent's positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the result of the dice toss.