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In extraordinarily general terms, there are three basic game plans used. You must be agile enough to switch tactics almost instantly as the course of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This consists of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you might achieve, to block in your competitor's pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable strategy at the begining of the game. You can build the wall anyplace within your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shift it into your home board as the match advances.

The Blitz

This involves closing your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your opponent on the bar. i.e., if your competitor tosses an early two and moves one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a five-five, you are able to play 6/1 6/1 8/3 eight/three. Your competitor is now in serious dire straits since they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have locked half your inner board!

The Backgame

This tactic is where you have two or more checkers in your competitor's inner board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at a minimum two of your pieces.) It must be played when you are extremely behind as it greatly improves your chances. The better areas for anchor spots are close to your opponent's smaller points and also on adjoining points or with a single point separating them. Timing is important for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then forced to dismantle this straight away, while your competitor is getting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you do not have any other spare pieces to move! In this case, it is more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you can preserve your position up until your opposer provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a great idea to try and get your challenger to get them in this situation!