The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces from the game board faster than your challenger who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use different tactics in the different stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your checkers with no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal scenario to use this plan is when you think you can move your own chips faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. As soon as you’ve established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers quickly off the board. You should also have a good plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the opponent uses the same blocking tactic.