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The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and pull them from the game board faster than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the differing parts of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game technique is to lure all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you can. This tactic focuses on the speed of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The ideal time to employ this technique is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about moving your checkers quickly. As soon as you have established the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other checkers quickly from the game board. You should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and shift the pieces that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the opponent utilizes the same blocking tactic.