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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The aim is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely block any activity of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a battered position if he/she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you have successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, the competitor doesn't 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 Tactic

The objectives of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are very similar - to harm your competitor's positions with hope to improve your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game technique relies on alternate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the outcome of the dice roll.