The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 05/24/2023 03:25 am by Zaire
The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them from the game board faster than your opponent who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. How far you can shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you shift your chips are decided on by your overall gambling tactics. Players use different tactics in the different stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game technique is to bring all your checkers into your home board and pull them off as fast as you can. This technique focuses on the pace of moving your chips with no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The ideal time to use this strategy is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to stop your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, not fretting about shifting your pieces quickly. As soon as you have created the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other pieces rapidly off the board. You will need to also have a good plan when to back off and shift the pieces that you employed for blocking. The game gets interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking technique.