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The Essential Basics of Backgammon Tactics – Part One
The objective of a Backgammon match is to move your chips around the game board and pull them off the game board quicker than your opposing player who works just as hard to attempt the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a game of Backgammon needsrequires both strategy and good luck. Just how far you will be able to move your checkers is up to the numbers from tossing a pair of dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing strategies. Enthusiasts use a number of tactics in the differing parts of a match depending on your positions and opponent’s.
The Running Game Tactic
The aim of the Running Game technique is to bring all your chips into your inner board and get them off as quick as you can. This technique focuses on the speed of shifting your pieces with absolutely no efforts to hit or stop your competitor’s pieces. The best scenario to use this tactic is when you think you might be able to move your own checkers faster than the opposition does: when 1) you have less checkers on the game board; 2) all your checkers have past your opponent’s pieces; or 3) the opposing player doesn’t employ the hitting or blocking tactic.
The Blocking Game Plan
The main goal of the blocking plan, by the name, is to stop the competitor’s pieces, temporarily, not worrying about moving your pieces rapidly. As soon as you have established the barrier for your opponent’s movement with a few checkers, you can shift your other chips rapidly off the game board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you utilized for the blockade. The game becomes intriguing when the competitor uses the same blocking tactic.