The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and get those pieces off the game board faster than your competitor who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to move your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you shift your chips are decided on by your overall playing strategies. Players use a number of strategies in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The goal of the Running Game plan is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The ideal time to use this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own pieces faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to stop your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your pieces rapidly. Once you’ve created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other checkers quickly from the game board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the checkers that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.