The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 10/21/2017 04:25 am by Jillian
The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and pull them off the board quicker than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. How far you can move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your checkers are decided on by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use a few plans in the differing stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your chips into your home board and get them off as fast as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of shifting your chips with no efforts to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The ideal time to employ this technique is when you think you can move your own checkers quicker than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s chips; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to stop your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your checkers rapidly. After you have established the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers quickly off the game board. The player should also have a good strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your competitor uses the same blocking technique.