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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to hinder your opponent's positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally utilized when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.