The objective of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the game board and bear those pieces from the game board faster than your opponent who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match of Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you move your checkers are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Players use different strategies in the different parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as fast as you can. This strategy focuses on the pace of moving your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s checkers. The best time to use this technique is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking strategy, by its name, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your checkers quickly. Once you have established the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other chips swiftly off the game board. You should also have an apparent plan when to back off and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.
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