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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the game board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces moving in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the 2 final Backgammon techniques to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking plan is to hamper the opponents ability to move her pieces, the Priming Game plan is to absolutely block 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 bad position if he at all attempts to leave the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point 2 and point eleven in your board. Once you've successfully built the prime to prevent the activity of the opponent, your opponent doesn't even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Plan

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to better your chances of winning, however the Back Game technique uses alternate techniques to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.