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In exceptionally general terms, there are three fundamental strategies employed. You need to be agile enough to switch techniques quickly as the action of the game unfolds.

The Blockade

This involves building a 6-thick wall of pieces, or at least as thick as you can manage, to block in the competitor's checkers that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most acceptable tactic at the begining of the match. You can assemble the wall anyplace within your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match continues.

The Blitz

This involves closing your home board as fast as as you can while keeping your opposer on the bar. i.e., if your challenger rolls an early 2 and shifts one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then roll a 5-5, you are able to play six/one 6/1 eight/three eight/three. Your challenger is then in big-time dire straits taking into account that 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 anchors in your competitor's home board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at least 2 of your checkers.) It must be played when you are decidedly behind as this action greatly improves your opportunities. The better places for anchor spots are near your opponent's lower points and either on adjacent points or with a single point separating them. Timing is crucial for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there is no reason having 2 nice anchors and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then required to break apart this right away, while your competitor is getting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you do not have other extra checkers to move! In this case, it is more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you can preserve your position until your competitor provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a great idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this situation!