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The goal of a Backgammon match is to move your checkers around the game board and get them from the game board quicker 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 tactics and fortune. Just how far you can shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your chips are determined by your overall gambling strategies. Players use differing tactics in the different parts of a game based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Strategy

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to lure all your checkers into your inside board and get them off as quick as you could. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your pieces with little or no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The ideal scenario to employ this tactic is when you think you can shift your own chips faster than your opponent does: when 1) you have less chips on the board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main aim of the blocking technique, by its title, is to block your opponent’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. After you’ve established the barrier for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other pieces swiftly from the game board. You should also have an apparent strategy when to extract and move the checkers that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking strategy.