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The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the game board and pull them from the board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use different plans in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your chips into your inner board and get them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s pieces. The ideal time to use this strategy is when you believe you might be able to move your own chips faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to stop your competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. After you have created the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers quickly off the board. You will need to also have a good plan when to back off and shift the checkers that you employed for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.