The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and bear them from the board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the differing stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The best time to use this plan is when you think you might be able to move your own checkers a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your checkers quickly. Once you have established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can shift your other chips swiftly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opposition uses the same blocking technique.