The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
Posted in Backgammon on 05/03/2016 06:21 pm by LillieThe aim of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and get those pieces off the board faster than your opposing player who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to shift your chips is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use a few techniques in the different parts of a match 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 concentrates on the speed of moving your pieces with absolutely no efforts to hit or block your opponent’s checkers. The best time to use this tactic is when you believe you might be able to shift your own chips quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your checkers rapidly. After you have created the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces rapidly from the board. The player really should also have a good plan when to extract and move the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking strategy.