The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them from the board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use different plans in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your checkers into your inner board and bear them off as quick as you could. This plan focuses on the speed of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s pieces. The best time to employ this technique is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to stop your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your checkers quickly. After you’ve created the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers swiftly from the game board. The player should also have a clear plan when to extract and move the chips that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking technique.