The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and get them off the game board quicker than your opponent who works just as hard to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you move your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling tactics. Players use a number of strategies in the different parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your chips into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This tactic concentrates on the pace of shifting your chips with no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s checkers. The best scenario to use this plan is when you believe you can shift your own chips a lot faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your pieces have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips quickly. As soon as you’ve established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other checkers rapidly from the game board. The player should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.