The aim of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the game board and pull them from the board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing tactics. Players use differing plans in the different stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game plan is to lure all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This plan focuses on the pace of moving your chips with no efforts to hit or block your opponent’s pieces. The ideal time to employ this tactic is when you believe you might be able to move your own chips a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer 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 tactic.

The Blocking Game Technique

The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips quickly. After you’ve created the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few pieces, you can shift your other checkers rapidly off the game board. You should also have an apparent plan when to extract and shift the chips that you used for the blockade. The game gets interesting when your competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.