The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and bear them off the game board faster than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you can shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you shift your chips are decided on by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use differing strategies in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Strategy
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you can. This technique concentrates on the pace of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s pieces. The best time to use this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own chips faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips rapidly. As soon as you’ve created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other chips quickly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent utilizes the same blocking strategy.