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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your pieces carefully around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at particular times. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies 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 checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully built the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, your competitor does not even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy uses seperate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is often utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the chips are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice roll.