The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them off the board quicker than your opponent who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are decided on by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different tactics in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your chips into your home board and get them off as quickly as you can. This strategy concentrates on the speed of advancing your checkers with no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The best scenario to employ this strategy is when you think you can move your own chips a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other pieces quickly from the board. You will need to also have a good plan when to back off and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking tactic.