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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the goal of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop 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 at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you've successfully constructed the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to hurt your competitor's positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy uses different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you're far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.