The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the board quicker than your challenger who works harder to achieve the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a round of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you shift your chips are determined by your overall playing tactics. Enthusiasts use different plans in the differing stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The aim of the Running Game technique is to lure all your checkers into your home board and pull them off as quickly as you could. This technique concentrates on the pace of shifting your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this plan is when you believe you might be able to move your own checkers faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main aim of the blocking plan, by the title, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. After you’ve established the blockage for your opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other checkers swiftly off the game board. The player will need to also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you employed for blocking. The game becomes interesting when the opposition uses the same blocking technique.