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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and good luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move their chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you've successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to harm your competitor's positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic uses different tactics to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 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 play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.