The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and bear them off the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Players use a number of techniques in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your chips into your inside board and pull them off as quickly as you can. This tactic focuses on the speed of advancing your checkers with little or no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s chips. The best time to employ this strategy is when you believe you might be able to move your own checkers quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your checkers rapidly. Once you’ve created the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers rapidly from the board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the chips that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking technique.