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The objective of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the game board and bear them from the board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Enthusiasts use a few strategies in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as fast as you could. This strategy concentrates on the speed of moving your pieces with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The best time to use this technique is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your checkers quickly. Once you’ve established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other pieces quickly from the game board. You really should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking tactic.