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The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them off the board faster than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Enthusiasts use a few plans in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This strategy focuses on the pace of shifting your pieces with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s chips. The best scenario to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips quickly. Once you have established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other checkers swiftly from the board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the competitor uses the same blocking tactic.