The Essential Details of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 01/30/2016 04:21 am by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear them off the board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. How far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use a number of strategies in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your pieces into your inside board and get them off as quick as you can. This plan focuses on the speed of moving your chips with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to use this technique is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. Once you’ve created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a few chips, you can shift your other checkers quickly from the board. The player should also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.