The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces from the board faster than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your checkers is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your chips are determined by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the differing parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as quickly as you can. This technique focuses on the pace of moving your checkers with no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this tactic is when you think you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. Once you have established the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can shift your other checkers swiftly from the board. You should also have a good plan when to withdraw and shift the chips that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.