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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and pure luck. The goal is to shift your chips carefully around the board to your home board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their home board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces 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 finish off your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or result a bad position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. As soon as you have successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the opponent doesn't even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions in hope to boost your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you're far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 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 seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.