The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One

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The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and get those pieces off the game board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. How far you can shift your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall gambling plans. Players use a number of tactics in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your chips into your inner board and bear them off as quick as you could. This technique concentrates on the speed of advancing your pieces with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The best time to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking technique, by the name, is to stop the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your chips quickly. As soon as you’ve created the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the board. The player should also have a clear strategy when to extract and shift the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your competitor utilizes the same blocking tactic.