The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 02/03/2016 03:21 am by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces off the board faster than your challenger who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing techniques. Players use a number of strategies in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game technique is to bring all your chips into your inner board and get them off as quick as you could. This technique focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this technique is when you believe you can shift your own pieces quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking technique, by the name, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. After you have established the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the board. The player really should also have a good strategy when to extract and move the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking technique.