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The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and get them off the game board quicker than your competitor who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you can shift your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you move your checkers are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Players use a number of techniques in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game technique is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you could. This strategy concentrates on the speed of shifting your pieces with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s chips. The best scenario to employ this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about moving your chips rapidly. After you’ve established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other checkers rapidly off the game board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the chips that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.