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The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One

The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the game board quicker than your challenger who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. How far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you move your pieces are decided on by your overall gambling tactics. Players use different techniques in the different stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quickly as you can. This plan concentrates on the speed of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The best scenario to use this technique is when you think you might be able to move your own chips a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to stop your opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your pieces quickly. As soon as you have established the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other pieces quickly from the board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to extract and move the chips that you used for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.