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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of skill and good luck. The goal is to move your checkers carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their inside board in the opposite direction. With competing player pieces moving in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular tactics at specific instances. Here are the two final Backgammon techniques to round out your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift their checkers, the Priming Game tactic is to absolutely barricade any activity of the opposing player by building a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor's pieces will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your game board. After you have successfully assembled the prime to block the activity of the competitor, your competitor doesn't even get to toss the dice, that means you shift your chips and toss the dice yet again. You'll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar - to hurt your opponent's positions with hope to better your chances of winning, but the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to achieve that. The Back Game tactic is generally utilized when you are far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your pieces and how the chips are relocated is partially the result of the dice roll.