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The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the game board and bear them from the board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use a few plans in the differing parts of a game dependent on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game technique is to lure all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as fast as you could. This technique focuses on the speed of shifting your chips with little or no time spent to hit or block your competitor's pieces. The best scenario to use this tactic is when you believe you can shift your own checkers faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent's pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn't use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The main goal of the blocking technique, by the title, is to block the opponent's chips, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your checkers quickly. Once you have established the barrier for the competitor's movement with a few pieces, you can move your other pieces swiftly off the game board. You will need to also have a clear plan when to back off and move the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking technique.