The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them from the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use differing strategies in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Strategy
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This tactic concentrates on the speed of shifting your checkers with little or no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to use this technique is when you think you might be able to move your own chips a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary goal of the blocking plan, by its name, is to block your opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you’ve established the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other checkers swiftly off the board. You will need to also have a good plan when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.