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The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part 1

The goal of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces off the board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you can move your chips is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and how you move your checkers are determined by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use different techniques in the different parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game plan is to entice all your pieces into your inner board and get them off as quickly as you could. This strategy focuses on the speed of moving your pieces with no time spent to hit or stop your opponent’s checkers. The ideal scenario to employ this plan is when you think you can move your own pieces faster than the opponent does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s chips; or 3) the opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary aim of the blocking strategy, by its title, is to block your competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about shifting your chips rapidly. Once you’ve created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can move your other pieces rapidly from the game board. The player should also have a good strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes interesting when your opponent uses the same blocking tactic.

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