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The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull them off the game board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use a number of plans in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as fast as you could. This technique concentrates on the speed of shifting your pieces with no efforts to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this plan is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The primary goal of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about moving your checkers quickly. After you have established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other pieces rapidly off the board. The player really should also have a clear plan when to back off and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.