The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them from the game board quicker than your competitor who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. How far you can shift your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use a number of tactics in the different parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as fast as you can. This plan focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The best scenario to employ this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking plan, by its title, is to stop your opponent’s chips, temporarily, not fretting about moving your checkers rapidly. Once you have established the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other pieces swiftly from the game board. The player will need to also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and shift the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.