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The Basics of Backgammon Strategies – Part 1

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The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your chips around the game board and pull them off the game board quicker than your opponent who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposite direction. Succeeding in a match of Backgammon requires both tactics and good luck. How far you can move your checkers is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and just how you move your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Enthusiasts use different tactics in the different stages of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Plan

The goal of the Running Game technique is to bring all your pieces into your home board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of moving your checkers with little or no efforts to hit or block your opponent’s checkers. The best scenario to employ this strategy is when you think you can shift your own chips faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have a fewer chips on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s checkers; or 3) your opponent doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Tactic

The main aim of the blocking strategy, by the title, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces quickly. After you have created the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a couple of pieces, you can move your other pieces swiftly from the game board. The player should also have a clear strategy when to withdraw and move the chips that you employed for the blockade. The game gets intriguing when the competitor utilizes the same blocking strategy.

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