The Essential Details of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 08/15/2025 12:25 pm by Zaire
The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the game board faster than your challenger who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can move your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use a few techniques in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quick as you could. This tactic focuses on the speed of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s pieces. The best time to use this plan is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. Once you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other pieces quickly from the board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to back off and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.