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The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them off the board faster than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. How far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different tactics in the different stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game technique is to bring all your pieces into your home board and get them off as fast as you can. This plan focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The best scenario to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces a lot faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your pieces rapidly. Once you have created the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other pieces rapidly off the board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.