The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and get them off the game board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you shift your chips are decided on by your overall playing plans. Players use differing techniques in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This plan concentrates on the speed of shifting your checkers with little or no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The best time to employ this tactic is when you believe you can shift your own chips faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your pieces quickly. Once you’ve created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other checkers quickly off the board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking strategy.