The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and bear them off the game board faster than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match in Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you can shift your chips is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use differing strategies in the different parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as quick as you can. This strategy focuses on the pace of shifting your chips with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to move your own chips a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Technique
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its title, is to block the opponent’s chips, temporarily, not worrying about moving your chips quickly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other checkers rapidly from the board. The player really should also have a clear plan when to extract and shift the checkers that you used for blocking. The game gets interesting when the opposition uses the same blocking technique.
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