In astonishingly simple terms, there are three general plans employed. You want to be able to hop between strategies almost instantly as the course of the match unfolds.
The Blockade
This is comprised of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you can manage, to lock in the competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate tactic at the start of the match. You can create the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shift it into your home board as the game continues.
The Blitz
This consists of locking your home board as fast as possible while keeping your competitor on the bar. i.e., if your competitor tosses an early 2 and shifts one checker from your one-point to your three-point and you then toss a five-five, you will be able to play 6/1 6/1 eight/three eight/three. Your competitor is then in big-time calamity taking into account that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have 2 or more checkers in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It would be used when you are significantly behind as this strategy greatly improves your circumstances. The strongest places for anchor spots are near your competitor’s smaller points and also on abutting points or with a single point in between. Timing is essential for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having two nice anchor spots and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break up this straight away, while your challenger is getting their pieces home, because you don’t have other additional pieces to move! In this situation, it is better to have pieces on the bar so that you might preserve your position up until your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a good idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this situation!
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