The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces from the board quicker than your opponent who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are decided on by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use different tactics in the differing stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quickly as you can. This tactic focuses on the speed of advancing your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s chips. The ideal scenario to employ this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking technique, by the name, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, not fretting about moving your pieces quickly. After you’ve established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other pieces swiftly off the board. The player really should also have a clear plan when to extract and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the competitor utilizes the same blocking technique.