The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces off the game board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game plan is to entice all your chips into your home board and get them off as quickly as you can. This technique focuses on the speed of advancing your chips with little or no efforts to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The ideal time to use this tactic is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to block the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips quickly. As soon as you’ve created the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other chips swiftly off the game board. The player should also have a clear plan when to withdraw and shift the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking strategy.