The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 10/12/2015 01:21 pm by LillieThe objective of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and pull them off the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and the way you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use a few tactics in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game plan is to bring all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quick as you can. This tactic concentrates on the speed of advancing your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The best time to use this tactic is when you think you might be able to move your own pieces quicker than the opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Technique
The primary aim of the blocking technique, by the name, is to block the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips quickly. After you have established the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips swiftly from the board. You will need to also have an apparent strategy when to back off and shift the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when the opponent uses the same blocking strategy.