The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and pull them off the board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Players use differing techniques in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your chips into your inside board and get them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your checkers with little or no efforts to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to use this strategy is when you believe you can move your own checkers quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Technique

The main goal of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips quickly. Once you have established the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other checkers rapidly from the game board. The player will need to also have a clear plan when to withdraw and shift the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game gets intriguing when your competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.