The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 02/27/2020 08:25 pm by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and pull them from the board faster than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to move your chips is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and bear them off as quick as you could. This plan focuses on the speed of shifting your checkers with no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s checkers. The best time to employ this technique is when you believe you might be able to move your own chips faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to block your competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other pieces quickly from the board. You should also have a good plan when to withdraw and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the opposition uses the same blocking strategy.