The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1
by Erin on Saturday, July 19th, 2025
The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the Backgammon board and bear those pieces from the board quicker than your competitor who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you shift your chips are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use differing strategies in the different parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Technique
The goal of the Running Game plan is to entice all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quick as you can. This strategy concentrates on the speed of advancing your pieces with little or no efforts to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to employ this plan is when you think you might be able to shift your own checkers quicker than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your competitor’s pieces; or 3) your opposing player does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The primary goal of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block the opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not worrying about moving your pieces quickly. Once you’ve established the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can move your other chips rapidly from the board. The player will need to also have a good plan when to withdraw and shift the checkers that you utilized for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking strategy.
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