The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and pull them off the board quicker than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you will be able to move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different strategies in the differing parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game plan is to bring all your chips into your inner board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This technique focuses on the pace of advancing your checkers with no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s pieces. The ideal scenario to use this strategy is when you think you might be able to shift your own chips a lot faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The primary aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not fretting about moving your pieces rapidly. After you’ve created the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opponent uses the same blocking strategy.