The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
The goal of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and pull them 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 game of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. Just how far you will be able to move your chips is left to the numbers from rolling a pair of dice, and how you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use a number of strategies in the different stages of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as quick as you could. This plan focuses on the speed of advancing your chips with absolutely no efforts to hit or stop your opponent’s chips. The best time to employ this tactic is when you believe you can move your own chips a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer checkers on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opposing player does not use the hitting or blocking strategy.
The Blocking Game Tactic
The primary aim of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to stop the opponent’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. After you have established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few chips, you can move your other checkers swiftly from the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to withdraw and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when your opponent uses the same blocking strategy.
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