The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 12/06/2023 10:25 am by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and get them off the game board quicker than your opponent who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you can shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you move your chips are decided on by your overall gambling tactics. Players use a few plans in the differing parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your pieces into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of shifting your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you think you can shift your own checkers faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary goal of the blocking plan, by its name, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips rapidly. After you have created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other pieces quickly from the board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when the opponent utilizes the same blocking technique.