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The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and get those pieces off the game board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use a few strategies in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Strategy

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as fast as you can. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor's checkers. The best time to use this strategy is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor's checkers; or 3) your opponent doesn't employ the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to block your competitor's chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you've created the blockage for the opponent's movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other chips rapidly from the game board. The player should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.