The Essential Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 08/10/2020 07:25 pm by Lillie
The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the game board and bear them off the board faster than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you can shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are determined by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use a few strategies in the different stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your chips into your inner board and pull them off as quick as you could. This strategy concentrates on the speed of moving your chips with absolutely no efforts to hit or block your competitor’s chips. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking technique, by the title, is to block the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your pieces rapidly. Once you have established the barrier for your competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other chips rapidly off the board. You should also have a clear plan when to withdraw and move the checkers that you utilized for blocking. The game gets interesting when your opposition uses the same blocking technique.