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The Essential Facts of Backgammon Tactics – Part One

The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces from the board quicker than your opponent who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you can move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling tactics. Enthusiasts use a number of plans in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game plan is to lure all your pieces into your home board and get them off as quick as you can. This strategy focuses on the pace of moving your checkers with absolutely no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best time to employ this tactic is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking plan, by its title, is to stop the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. After you’ve established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other checkers swiftly from the game board. The player will need to also have a good plan when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when your competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.