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As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a game of talent and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces safely around the board to your inner board while at the same time your opposing player moves their checkers toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player checkers heading in opposing directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at particular instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon techniques to complete your game.

The Priming Game Tactic

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to hamper the opponents ability to move his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opposing player by creating a prime - ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent's pieces will either get hit, or end up in a bad position if he/she at all attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. As soon as you've successfully built the prime to block the movement of your competitor, your opponent doesn't even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and toss the dice yet again. You will be a winner for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The goals of the Back Game plan and the Blocking Game plan are similar - to hinder your competitor's positions in hope to improve your odds of succeeding, but the Back Game plan relies on different tactics to do that. The Back Game tactic is generally employed when you are far behind your opponent. To participate in Backgammon with this technique, you need to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This technique is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.