The Essential Facts of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 07/15/2017 08:25 am by Jillian
The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the game board and get those pieces off the board faster than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. How far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing techniques. Players use differing strategies in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your checkers into your home board and bear them off as quick as you can. This technique focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best time to employ this strategy is when you think you can shift your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary goal of the blocking plan, by the title, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you have created the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other chips rapidly from the game board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.