The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part One

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Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 05-08-2024

The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the game board and get them from the game board quicker than your opponent who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. How far you can move your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your checkers are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Enthusiasts use a number of strategies in the different stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to bring all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the speed of moving your chips with absolutely no efforts to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The best time to employ this plan is when you believe you can move your own checkers quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. Once you have created the blockage for your competitor’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other chips swiftly off the board. You really should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.

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