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The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces off the board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you can move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling plans. Players use different plans in the different stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your chips into your inside board and get them off as quick as you could. This tactic concentrates on the speed of advancing your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s pieces. The best time to use this tactic is when you think you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to block the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your chips quickly. Once you’ve established the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other pieces rapidly from the game board. You should also have a good plan when to back off and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game gets intriguing when the opposition utilizes the same blocking technique.