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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get hit, or result a bad position if she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on seperate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you're far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.