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The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces from the game board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match in Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. How far you can move your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Players use a few tactics in the differing parts of a match based on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as quickly as you can. This plan concentrates on the pace of advancing your pieces with no time spent to hit or stop your opponent's chips. The best time to use this plan is when you believe you can move your own chips faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent's chips; or 3) the opponent doesn't employ the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the opponent's pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your checkers quickly. As soon as you have created the barrier for the opponent's movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces rapidly from the board. You will need to also have a clear strategy when to extract and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.