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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player moves their pieces toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely stop any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's checkers will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the activity of the competitor, the opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar - to hinder your opponent's positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game plan utilizes seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice toss.