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The objective of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and pull them off the board faster than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and luck. How far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your chips are decided on by your overall gambling strategies. Players use a few plans in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your pieces into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you can. This strategy focuses on the speed of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s chips. The ideal scenario to employ this tactic is when you think you might be able to move your own checkers faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The main aim of the blocking plan, by the name, is to stop your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about moving your pieces rapidly. After you’ve established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips quickly off the board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking tactic.