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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their checkers toward their inner board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for particular tactics at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to move their chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely stop any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your board. As soon as you've successfully constructed the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the opponent does not even get to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The aims of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game tactic are similar - to hurt your opponent's positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic relies on seperate tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is commonly employed when you are far behind your competitor. To play Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control 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 use in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your checkers and how the pieces are relocated is partly the outcome of the dice toss.