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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and good luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you have successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to harm your opponent's positions with hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game technique is generally utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice toss.