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The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and pull them from the game board faster than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match of Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you will be able to shift your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use different tactics in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game plan is to bring all your checkers into your home board and bear them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the speed of shifting your chips with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to use this strategy is when you think you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main aim of the blocking strategy, by its name, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips quickly. As soon as you’ve established the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other checkers rapidly off the game board. The player should also have a clear plan when to back off and move the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking tactic.