The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part One
by Karla on Monday, January 21st, 2019
The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the game board and bear those pieces off the game board quicker than your competitor who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Winning a game of Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you can shift your pieces is left to the numbers from rolling the dice, and how you shift your checkers are decided on by your overall playing strategies. Players use a number of tactics in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The aim of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as fast as you could. This tactic focuses on the speed of moving your chips with no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s chips. The ideal time to use this technique is when you believe you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your chips have past your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Technique
The primary aim of the blocking plan, by the title, is to stop your competitor’s chips, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your pieces rapidly. After you’ve created the blockade for the competitor’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other checkers quickly from the board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and shift the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes interesting when your competitor uses the same blocking tactic.
Posted in Backgammon | No Comments »
