The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1

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The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and pull those pieces off the board faster than your opponent who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling plans. Players use a number of techniques in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as quickly as you could. This strategy concentrates on the speed of shifting your chips with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to use this plan is when you think you can shift your own checkers a lot faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to block the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you have created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a few chips, you can shift your other pieces quickly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking strategy.