The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 10/12/2022 05:25 am by Jillian
The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces off the game board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can move your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use a number of tactics in the differing stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game technique is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s chips. The best scenario to employ this tactic is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main goal of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. As soon as you’ve established the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other pieces quickly from the board. The player really should also have a clear strategy when to extract and shift the pieces that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking tactic.