The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 11/18/2025 12:25 am by Madisyn
The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear them from the board quicker than your challenger who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you move your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling techniques. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the different stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your pieces into your inner board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This strategy concentrates on the pace of moving your pieces with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this technique is when you think you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you’ve established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers swiftly off the game board. You really should also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the pieces that you used for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when your opposition uses the same blocking strategy.