The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and pull them off the board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use different strategies in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Strategy
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your chips into your inside board and pull them off as quick as you could. This strategy focuses on the pace of shifting your checkers with no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this technique is when you believe you might be able to shift your own chips quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main goal of the blocking plan, by its title, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. Once you have established the blockade for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other chips rapidly from the board. You really should also have a good plan when to back off and move the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when the opponent utilizes the same blocking tactic.
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