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The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and bear those pieces off the board faster than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can move your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you shift your checkers are decided on by your overall playing plans. Players use differing tactics in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game plan is to lure all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as quick as you can. This plan focuses on the speed of moving your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent's chips. The ideal time to employ this plan is when you think you can move your own chips faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor's pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn't employ the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main goal of the blocking plan, by its name, is to stop your opponent's pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you have established the barrier for the competitor's movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips swiftly off the board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you employed for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking strategy.