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The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and get them from the game board quicker than your opponent who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can move your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you move your chips are determined by your overall playing strategies. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the differing parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game plan is to bring all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as fast as you can. This technique focuses on the speed of advancing your checkers with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The ideal time to use this plan is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by its title, is to block your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not fretting about moving your chips rapidly. Once you have created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other checkers rapidly from the game board. You will need to also have a good plan when to back off and shift the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game gets interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking strategy.