The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 11/07/2024 02:25 am by Zaire
The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your chips around the game board and bear them off the board faster than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you can move your pieces is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use differing plans in the different parts of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your checkers into your inner board and bear them off as fast as you could. This strategy concentrates on the pace of moving your checkers with no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this strategy is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips rapidly. Once you have established the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other pieces quickly off the game board. The player really should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking technique.