The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and bear those pieces from the game board faster than your competitor who works harder to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Players use different plans in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game technique is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quickly as you could. This plan focuses on the speed of moving your chips with absolutely no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The best scenario to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than your opposition does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking tactic, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. Once you have established the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other chips swiftly off the game board. The player will need to also have a clear plan when to extract and move the chips that you employed for blocking. The game gets interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking tactic.