The Essential Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 10/29/2024 09:25 pm by Madisyn
The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the game board and get them from the game board faster than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your chips is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game plan is to lure all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as fast as you could. This technique focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to use this technique is when you believe you can shift your own chips quicker than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by its name, is to stop the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips quickly. After you have created the barrier for the opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other pieces swiftly off the game board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to back off and shift the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking technique.