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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the goal of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you've successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your competitor, the competitor doesn't even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions hoping to better your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often employed when you're far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more complex than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.