Posted by Darien | Posted in Backgammon | Posted on 20-02-2019
The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and get those pieces off the game board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. How far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and just how you move your checkers are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use differing techniques in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Strategy
The goal of the Running Game technique is to lure all your checkers into your inner board and bear them off as fast as you can. This tactic concentrates on the speed of moving your checkers with no time spent to hit or block your opponent’s checkers. The best time to employ this plan is when you believe you might be able to shift your own checkers faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your competitor’s chips; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking technique.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary aim of the blocking plan, by its name, is to block the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your chips quickly. As soon as you’ve established the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces swiftly off the game board. You should also have a clear plan when to back off and move the checkers that you employed for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opposition uses the same blocking tactic.