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The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the game board and bear those pieces off the board faster than your opposing player who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you shift your chips are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your pieces into your home board and get them off as quickly as you could. This technique concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor's pieces. The best time to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor's pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to block your competitor's pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your pieces rapidly. Once you have established the barrier for the competitor's movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other checkers rapidly off the game board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking technique.