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The Basics of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 1

The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your pieces around the game board and get those pieces from the board quicker than your challenger who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a round of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you move your chips are determined by your overall gambling techniques. Players use a few strategies in the differing stages of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Technique

The aim of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your chips into your home board and get them off as quickly as you could. This technique focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with no time spent to hit or barricade your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to employ this tactic is when you believe you can move your own checkers quicker than the opponent does: when 1) you have a fewer pieces on the game board; 2) all your checkers have moved beyond your opponent’s checkers; or 3) your opponent does not use the hitting or blocking technique.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The main goal of the blocking technique, by its title, is to stop the competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. After you have created the blockade for your opponent’s movement with a couple of chips, you can move your other checkers quickly off the board. The player should also have a good strategy when to withdraw and move the checkers that you employed for the blockade. The game gets interesting when the opponent uses the same blocking tactic.

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