Backgammon

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The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the game board and get those pieces from the game board quicker than your competitor who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use a few techniques in the differing stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your pieces into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you can. This plan concentrates on the speed of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The ideal scenario to employ this strategy is when you believe you might be able to shift your own pieces faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main aim of the blocking plan, by the title, is to block your opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other checkers quickly from the board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the pieces that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when your competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.