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The objective of a Backgammon match is to shift your chips around the Backgammon board and pull those pieces from the game board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to achieve 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 rolling the dice, and the way you move your chips are decided on by your overall playing techniques. Players use different plans in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The goal of the Running Game tactic is to entice all your checkers into your home board and pull them off as fast as you can. This tactic concentrates on the pace of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s chips. The best time to use this technique is when you think you might be able to shift your own pieces a lot faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your chips have moved beyond your opponent’s pieces; or 3) your opponent does not employ the hitting or blocking strategy.

The Blocking Game Plan

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