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The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the game board and bear them off the board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you will be able to move your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing techniques. Players use a number of strategies in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

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

The Blocking Game Technique

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips quickly. As soon as you have established the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other chips swiftly from the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and shift the chips that you used for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when the opposition uses the same blocking tactic.