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The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them from the board faster than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your pieces are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use a number of plans in the differing stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your chips into your home board and get them off as fast as you could. This tactic focuses on the pace of moving your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or stop your competitor's chips. The best time to use this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers a lot faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor's chips; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary aim of the blocking plan, by the title, is to block the competitor's chips, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the opponent's movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips rapidly off the game board. The player should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and shift the chips that you used for blocking. The game gets intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking tactic.