The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces off the game board faster than your challenger who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you will be able to move your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use differing plans in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quickly as you could. This technique concentrates on the speed of shifting your pieces with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this plan is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by its name, is to block the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. Once you have created the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers quickly off the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and shift the chips that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.