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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular techniques at particular instances. Here are the last two Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully constructed the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your opponent does not even get to toss the dice, that means you move your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To participate 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 technique is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.