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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your home board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific techniques at specific times. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move her chips, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if she ever attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anyplace between point two and point eleven in your board. Once you've successfully built the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn't even get a chance to roll the dice, and you move your pieces and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to better your odds of winning, however the Back Game technique utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is frequently employed when you are far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you need to hold 2 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 use in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.