The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces off the board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you can move your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling techniques. Enthusiasts use a number of tactics in the different stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your chips into your inside board and get them off as quickly as you can. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to use this technique is when you think you can move your own pieces faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main aim of the blocking plan, by its title, is to stop your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your pieces rapidly. After you’ve established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers swiftly off the game board. The player should also have a good plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you utilized for blocking. The game gets interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.