The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces off the game board quicker than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can shift your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your chips are decided on by your overall playing strategies. Players use differing plans in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as fast as you could. This tactic concentrates on the speed of moving your chips with little or no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal scenario to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own chips a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have past your opponent’s chips; or 3) the opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. After you’ve established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips swiftly from the board. You will need to also have a clear plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.