The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear them from the game board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you can shift your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use differing tactics in the differing stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game plan is to lure all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The best time to use this strategy is when you think you can move your own chips quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary goal of the blocking plan, by its title, is to stop the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. As soon as you have created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other checkers swiftly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the chips that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking technique.