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The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the game board quicker than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can shift your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as fast as you could. This plan focuses on the pace of shifting your checkers with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The best time to use this plan is when you think you might be able to shift your own chips a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main aim of the blocking plan, by the title, is to stop your competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you’ve established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips rapidly off the game board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game gets intriguing when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.