The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get those pieces off the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Enthusiasts use a few plans in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The ideal time to employ this technique is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main goal of the blocking plan, by the name, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you’ve established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the game board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opposition utilizes the same blocking technique.