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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your checkers safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to round out your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

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

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is frequently used when you are 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 late in the game. This strategy is more difficult than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.