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As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely block any activity of the opponent by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's chips 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 setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you've successfully built the prime to stop the activity of your competitor, your competitor doesn't even get to toss the dice, and you shift your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You'll be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game strategy are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to boost your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game technique utilizes alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is commonly employed when you're far behind your opponent. To participate 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 tactic is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.