The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 12/05/2018 08:25 am by Zaire
The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the board faster than your opposing player who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use a number of techniques in the differing parts of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quick as you can. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The ideal time to use this plan is when you believe you can move your own checkers quicker than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Technique
The main aim of the blocking plan, by its name, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your chips quickly. Once you have created the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the board. The player will need to also have a clear plan when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game gets intriguing when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.