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The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the game board and get those pieces from the board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you can move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use differing techniques in the different stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your chips into your inside board and get them off as quick as you could. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this tactic is when you think you can move your own pieces quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to stop your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. As soon as you have created the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other chips quickly off the game board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the chips that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking strategy.