The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and get those pieces off the game board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you will be able to move your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and just how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing plans. Players use differing tactics in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your checkers into your inner board and bear them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the speed of advancing your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you think you can move your own pieces faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary aim of the blocking technique, by the name, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your checkers quickly. Once you’ve created the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers rapidly from the board. The player really should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the competitor uses the same blocking technique.