The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 11/13/2009 10:21 pm by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them off the game board quicker than your competitor who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a match in Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and good luck. How far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use a few plans in the different stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game technique is to lure all your chips into your inside board and get them off as quick as you can. This strategy concentrates on the speed of shifting your checkers with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The best time to use this tactic is when you believe you might be able to move your own checkers a lot faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers quickly. As soon as you have created the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other pieces quickly off the board. You should also have a clear strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you employed for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking technique.