Backgammon

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The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and get them off the game board quicker than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use a number of tactics in the differing parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The goal of the Running Game technique is to lure all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as quick as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of moving your checkers with absolutely no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s pieces. The best time to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own checkers a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main aim of the blocking plan, by its title, is to stop your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers quickly. After you’ve established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other pieces rapidly off the game board. The player really should also have an apparent plan when to extract and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game gets interesting when the competitor uses the same blocking tactic.