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The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear them from the game board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your checkers are decided on by your overall gambling tactics. Players use different plans in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

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

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to stop your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips rapidly. Once you’ve established the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other chips swiftly from the game board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking strategy.