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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or result a damaged position if he ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of your opponent, the competitor doesn’t even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your checkers and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to boost your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.