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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and roll the dice yet again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is generally employed when you're far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.