The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 07/27/2024 03:25 pm by Madisyn
The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the game board and get those pieces off the board quicker than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. How far you can shift your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use different tactics in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your chips into your home board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This strategy concentrates on the speed of moving your chips with absolutely no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to use this strategy is when you believe you can shift your own chips faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to block the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your pieces rapidly. Once you have established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other pieces quickly off the board. The player really should also have a clear strategy when to back off and move the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the opponent uses the same blocking tactic.