The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the game board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and good luck. How far you can move your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use a number of strategies in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game plan is to entice all your chips into your inside board and get them off as fast as you could. This plan focuses on the speed of moving your pieces with absolutely no efforts to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to use this technique is when you think you can shift your own chips quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its title, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. As soon as you’ve established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips swiftly off the board. You will need to also have a good strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.