The aim of a Backgammon match is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces from the game board quicker than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round in Backgammon requires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you can move your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you shift your checkers are determined by your overall gambling techniques. Enthusiasts use a few techniques in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

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

The Blocking Game Strategy

The main goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your checkers quickly. Once you’ve established the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other checkers quickly off the board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you used for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opposition utilizes the same blocking tactic.