The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 02/15/2026 12:25 pm by Zaire
The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces off the game board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. How far you can move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Players use a number of tactics in the differing stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as fast as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of shifting your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s pieces. The ideal time to use this strategy is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your checkers quickly. Once you’ve created the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the board. The player really should also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you employed for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking technique.