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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the board to your home board and at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips heading in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his pieces, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opponent by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point eleven in your board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to block the movement of the opponent, your competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and toss the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to harm your competitor’s positions in hope to improve your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game technique relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.