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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's checkers will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he at all tries to escape the wall. The trap of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you've successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of your opponent, your opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to harm your opponent's positions with hope to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game strategy relies on alternate tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is frequently used when you're far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this plan, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it needs careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partially the result of the dice toss.