The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and bear them off the board faster than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling techniques. Players use differing plans in the different parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s pieces. The best scenario to use this technique is when you believe you can shift your own pieces faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s chips; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. After you have established the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other pieces swiftly off the game board. You will need to also have a clear strategy when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking technique.