The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your pieces around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces off the game board faster than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon requires both strategy and fortune. Just how far you can move your pieces is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you shift your pieces are determined by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use a number of techniques in the differing stages of a game dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as fast as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of advancing your checkers with absolutely no time spent to hit or block your competitor’s checkers. The ideal time to employ this strategy is when you think you can shift your own checkers quicker than your opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Plan

The primary goal of the blocking technique, by its title, is to block the opponent’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. After you’ve established the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can shift your other checkers rapidly from the game board. The player will need to also have an apparent plan when to withdraw and shift the chips that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opponent utilizes the same blocking technique.