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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The aim is to shift your checkers carefully around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With competing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the last two Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by constructing a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get bumped, or result a bad position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point eleven in your half of the board. After you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the competitor, your opponent doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to hurt your opponent's positions hoping to improve your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.