The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 11/10/2025 10:25 pm by Zaire
The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the game board and bear those pieces off the game board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you can shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you shift your chips are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Players use a number of tactics in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your pieces into your inside board and get them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the speed of advancing your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you believe you can move your own checkers a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Technique
The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, not worrying about moving your chips rapidly. Once you’ve established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers swiftly from the game board. You really should also have a clear strategy when to back off and move the checkers that you utilized for blocking. The game gets intriguing when the opposition uses the same blocking tactic.