Posted by Nadia | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 13-07-2025
The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the game board and bear those pieces off the board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. How far you will be able to shift your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you move your chips are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Players use a number of techniques in the differing stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game technique is to lure all your pieces into your inner board and bear them off as quick as you can. This tactic concentrates on the speed of advancing your checkers with little or no efforts to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The best scenario to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main goal of the blocking tactic, by the title, is to block the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips quickly. As soon as you have established the blockade for the opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other chips swiftly from the board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your opposition uses the same blocking tactic.