The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them off the board faster than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use a number of tactics in the different parts of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your chips into your inside board and pull them off as fast as you could. This technique concentrates on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The best time to use this strategy is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to stop your competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about moving your chips rapidly. Once you have created the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other checkers quickly from the game board. You should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.
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