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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the movement of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game tactic are similar - to hurt your competitor's positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game plan relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently utilized when you're 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 challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.