The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and get those pieces off the board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and just how you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use differing strategies in the different stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your checkers into your home board and bear them off as quick as you can. This tactic focuses on the pace of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s pieces. The ideal time to use this technique is when you think you can move your own pieces faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your chips quickly. Once you have established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other checkers rapidly from the board. You should also have a good plan when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking technique.
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