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The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and pull them off the game board faster than your opposing player who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your chips into your inner board and get them off as fast as you could. This plan concentrates on the pace of moving your checkers with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor's checkers. The best time to use this plan is when you think you can move your own pieces a lot faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent's checkers; or 3) the opponent doesn't employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to stop your competitor's chips, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips rapidly. After you've established the blockade for the competitor's movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces rapidly off the board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to back off and move the pieces that you employed for blocking. The game gets interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking tactic.