The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the game board and get those pieces from the game board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you will be able to move your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Players use a few techniques in the differing parts 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 bear them off as quickly as you could. This plan concentrates on the pace of moving your chips with little or no efforts to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this technique is when you think you can move your own checkers faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips quickly. After you’ve created the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other pieces swiftly from the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and shift the chips that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.