The Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
Friday, 4. December 2020
The objective of a Backgammon game is to shift your pieces around the game board and pull those pieces from the game board faster than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Succeeding in a game of Backgammon requires both tactics and luck. Just how far you can shift your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing the dice, and just how you shift your chips are decided on by your overall gambling plans. Enthusiasts use a number of plans in the differing parts of a match dependent on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Plan
The goal of the Running Game strategy is to lure all your checkers into your home board and get them off as quick as you could. This tactic concentrates on the pace of moving your pieces with absolutely no time spent to hit or barricade your competitor’s chips. The ideal time to use this strategy is when you think you can move your own pieces a lot faster 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 pieces; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.
The Blocking Game Strategy
The main aim of the blocking strategy, by the name, is to stop your competitor’s checkers, temporarily, not worrying about moving your checkers rapidly. Once you’ve established the blockage for the competitor’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other checkers swiftly off the game board. You should also have a good plan when to withdraw and shift the pieces that you used for blocking. The game becomes intriguing when the opposition utilizes the same blocking strategy.
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