The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and bear them off the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your checkers are decided on by your overall playing plans. Players use a number of tactics in the differing stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game technique is to entice all your chips into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the speed of advancing your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s chips. The best time to use this strategy is when you believe you can shift your own checkers quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main goal of the blocking tactic, by its title, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you’ve created the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips quickly off the game board. You will need to also have a good strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.