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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your chips carefully around the game board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to move their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully assembled the prime to prevent the activity of your competitor, the competitor does not even get a chance to roll the dice, and you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are similar – to hinder your opponent’s positions hoping to better your odds of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is frequently utilized when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this tactic, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.