The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces from the board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can shift your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Players use a few strategies in the differing parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game technique is to entice all your pieces into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This tactic focuses on the pace of moving your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s chips. The best time to employ this tactic is when you think you can move your own chips faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to block the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your pieces rapidly. After you’ve established the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other chips swiftly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game gets interesting when the competitor uses the same blocking technique.