The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 12/24/2018 02:25 pm by Jillian
The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the game board and get those pieces off the board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can shift your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your chips are decided on by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the differing stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game technique is to bring all your pieces into your inner board and bear them off as fast as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with little or no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you think you can shift your own chips quicker than the opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Technique
The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to stop the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your pieces rapidly. After you have created the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other chips rapidly off the board. The player will need to also have a good plan when to back off and shift the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking strategy.