The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and pull them off the game board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard 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 can move your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing strategies. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the differing stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your checkers into your home board and pull them off as fast as you can. This plan concentrates on the pace of shifting your pieces with no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this strategy is when you think you can shift your own pieces quicker than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Technique
The primary aim of the blocking technique, by the title, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, not fretting about moving your chips rapidly. Once you have established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips rapidly from the board. The player will need to also have a clear plan when to withdraw and shift the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your opposition uses the same blocking strategy.