The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull them off the game board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use a number of tactics in the different parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of moving your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The best time to use this strategy is when you think you can move your own checkers a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main goal of the blocking technique, by the title, is to stop the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. As soon as you’ve established the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other checkers rapidly from the board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when the competitor utilizes the same blocking tactic.