The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 01/02/2018 11:25 pm by Lillie
The aim of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces off the board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you shift your chips are determined by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your checkers into your home board and pull them off as quick as you can. This strategy concentrates on the speed of moving your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to employ this technique is when you believe you might be able to shift your own pieces quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your checkers rapidly. Once you have created the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other chips quickly off the board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to extract and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking strategy.