The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 02/20/2021 04:25 pm by Jillian
The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and bear them off the game board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you can move your chips is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your chips are determined by your overall playing techniques. Players use a few techniques in the different stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Strategy
The aim of the Running Game technique is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as fast as you can. This technique focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with absolutely no efforts to hit or block your competitor’s chips. The best scenario to employ this plan is when you think you can shift your own pieces quicker than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by its name, is to stop your opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers quickly. Once you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces swiftly from the game board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and move the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opposition uses the same blocking tactic.