The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 1


The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces off the board quicker than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite 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 rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your chips are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Players use a few strategies in the different stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your pieces into your home board and get them off as fast as you can. This technique concentrates on the speed of shifting your chips with no efforts to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this tactic is when you think you can move your own pieces quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to stop the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you have created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other chips quickly from the board. You should also have a clear plan when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the competitor uses the same blocking technique.

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