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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your checkers safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at particular instances. Here are the 2 final Backgammon strategies to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to shift their checkers, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s checkers will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, your opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your chips and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game technique is often used when you’re far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you have to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This tactic is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the result of the dice roll.