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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of talent and luck. The goal is to move your pieces carefully around the game board to your home board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their pieces toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for specific strategies at particular instances. Here are the two final Backgammon plans to finish off your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his pieces, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's chips will either get hit, or end up in a damaged position if he/she at all tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you've successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, the opponent doesn't even get a chance to toss the dice, and you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Tactic

The goals of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game technique are very similar - to hinder your opponent's positions hoping to boost your chances of winning, however the Back Game tactic relies on different techniques to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is often utilized when you're far behind your opponent. To compete in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This tactic is more challenging than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the pieces are moved is partially the outcome of the dice roll.