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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With competing player chips heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon tactics to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s checkers will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of your opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game plan uses seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice toss.