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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and good luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any activity of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to harm your competitor's positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is commonly used when you are far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.