The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 01/24/2020 06:25 am by Madisyn
The objective of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them off the board quicker than your opponent who works harder 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 will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you shift your pieces are decided on by your overall playing plans. Players use differing tactics in the differing stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your chips into your inside board and bear them off as quick as you can. This strategy focuses on the speed of moving your chips with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s pieces. The best time to employ this tactic is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your opponent’s chips; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main goal of the blocking plan, by the name, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not fretting about moving your checkers quickly. Once you’ve created the blockade for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers rapidly off the board. You will need to also have an apparent plan when to extract and shift the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when your opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.