The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Posted in Backgammon on 12/25/2022 10:25 am by Lillie
The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your pieces around the game board and pull them from the game board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game in Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your chips is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use different tactics in the different stages of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and pull them off as quickly as you can. This strategy focuses on the speed of advancing your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or block your opponent’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this plan is when you believe you can move your own pieces faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main aim of the blocking technique, by its name, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, not fretting about moving your chips quickly. Once you’ve established the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can move your other chips swiftly off the board. You should also have a good strategy when to back off and shift the checkers that you used for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your opposition uses the same blocking technique.