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The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces off the game board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use a few techniques in the different parts of a game depending on your positions and opponent's.

The Running Game Strategy

The goal of the Running Game technique is to entice all your checkers into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you can. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or stop your opponent's chips. The best time to use this strategy is when you think you can shift your own checkers quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent's chips; or 3) the opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main aim of the blocking plan, by its name, is to stop the competitor's chips, temporarily, not fretting about moving your chips rapidly. As soon as you've created the blockage for the opponent's movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other chips swiftly off the game board. The player should also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game gets interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking tactic.