2018
05.22
[ English ]

In very simple terms, there are three chief strategies employed. You want to be agile enough to hop between tactics almost instantly as the action of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This is comprised of creating a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you are able to manage, to barricade in your opponent’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most adequate course of action at the start of the match. You can create the wall anywhere inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This is composed of locking your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your competitor on the bar. i.e., if your opposer tosses an early two and shifts one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you are able to play six/one 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your opponent is now in big-time trouble since they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have 2 or more anchors in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at least 2 of your checkers.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as it greatly improves your chances. The best locations for anchor spots are close to your opponent’s lower points and also on adjoining points or with one point in between. Timing is integral for an effective backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no point having 2 nice anchor spots and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then forced to dismantle this right away, while your challenger is shifting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other extra checkers to move! In this case, it is more favorable to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up till your competitor provides you an opportunity to hit, so it may be an excellent idea to attempt and get your challenger to get them in this case!

2018
05.22

The aim of a Backgammon game is to shift your checkers around the Backgammon board and get them from the game board faster than your opponent who works just as hard to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a round in Backgammon requires both strategy and good luck. How far you will be able to shift your pieces is left to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you move your checkers are decided on by your overall gambling strategies. Enthusiasts use differing tactics in the differing stages of a match based on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The aim of the Running Game strategy is to bring all your checkers into your inside board and bear them off as quickly as you could. This plan focuses on the pace of advancing your chips with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s checkers. The ideal scenario to use this tactic is when you believe you can shift your own pieces a lot faster than your opposing player does: when 1) you have less checkers on the board; 2) all your pieces have moved beyond your opponent’s chips; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t use the hitting or blocking plan.

The Blocking Game Plan

The main goal of the blocking technique, by the name, is to block your opponent’s checkers, temporarily, while not fretting about shifting your chips rapidly. Once you’ve created the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips rapidly from the game board. You will need to also have a good plan when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for blocking. The game gets intriguing when your competitor utilizes the same blocking tactic.