The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and pull those pieces off the board quicker than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you can move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your chips are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Players use a few techniques in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your chips into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you could. This technique concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this plan is when you believe you can move your own checkers quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary goal of the blocking technique, by the title, is to block the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. As soon as you’ve established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips quickly from the game board. The player will need to also have a good plan when to withdraw and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking strategy.