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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opposition moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With opposing player pieces shifting in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at specific instances. Here are the last two 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 strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get hit, or result a battered position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point 2 and point eleven in your board. As soon as you've successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of your opponent, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to harm your competitor's positions with hope to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is often employed when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This technique is more difficult than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice toss.