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Description
The #1 most downloaded Backgammon app, THANK YOU!
Backgammon is a board game where two players compete to get all their 15 pieces off the board before the opponent. Board pieces move based on dice throws.
This is a game of skill. A single game can be decided by luck, but the more one plays, the more the skill is important. After ~30 games the true skill emerges. Even a beginner can beat an expert through luck of draw in a single game, but after several games the skill prevails.
This version of Backgammon uses an advanced neural network in the highest levels, and will challenge advanced players. It also offers a fun experience for beginners, with lower difficulty levels and showing possible moves.
The scoring is based on the official Backgammon ELO system, with each game increasing or reducing rating points every game or match.
FEATURES: ========= * Worldwide online high scores * Play a Trial Game, or a Scored Game that counts towards your score * High res graphic board * Dice statistics history * Real time probability calculation * Achievements * Tutorials * 4 difficulty levels: easy to hard * 1 or 2 player mode * Many options: - Money or Match play style - Doubling cube - Sound on/off - Show possible moves - Animation speed - Auto-throw-dice - Strict tournament rules - Dice randomness - Show PIP and point numbers - Try different moves, then ‘accept’ or ‘undo’ - Beaver rule * Auto-save: don’t lose games in progress * Always fun: the phone plays differently every time
Also available on Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
In Windows Phone, 'Backgammon Pro+' paid version has no Ads
VERSION HISTORY =============== v1.99 - Ad option to remove ads for free, UI improvements, keyboard shortcuts (ESC=back, U=Undo), save to roaming storage to preserve all settings and statistics even when reinstalling v1.15 - optimized for WP8, fast app resume, larger screens, higher resolution icon v1.14- faster dice rotation when there is a cube v1.13- new Mercenne Twister random algorithm, faster dice rotation when possible, do not throw dice if bar is full v2.11-2.12 - bug fixes, UI fixes
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Reviews
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I'd rate it a negative 5 stars if I could by Dave
Going to uninstall this app. Company claims dice are random however this can't be correct (for the following reasons): It is amazing how often this app is able to get the "roll" it needs to either hit your piece or pull ahead in getting its pieces off the board. It is also equally amazing how the dice will come up with the same number time after time to not allow the non-computer's piece off the center bar or a number which will not allow pieces to be removed from the board. If this program was a human being, it would be cheating all the time at the highest level to win the games it does.
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Very frustrating by Joyce
I have been playing this game for some time as I love Backgammon. However, I am very dubious about the dice rolls. The majority of the time when one of my checkers is left unguarded the computer rolls exactly what it needs to knock me to the bar. Almost every time I accept the computers "double" it then rolls doubles. ALMOST EVERY TIME?!? Seriously? This game would be awesome if it were truly random but I just don't buy it. Most of the games that I am able to win are the ones where I NEVER leave a checker unguarded.
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Outrageously Cheated by Newton
Game is a waste of time for those who knows a bit of backgammon. Computer gets ALL what it needs in time while player NEVER gets it. The main joke is the statistics presented. The author forget to mention that pretty much all doubles player gets are when their on bar and useless. Let alone the repeated dice rolls with same numbers.
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If you lookup "cheat" in online dictionary.... by James
You will find a link to this game. A roll that has odds 1 in 18 has odds around 1 in 3 for the computer. You will never see games like this on a real board. You will find yourself predicting its rolls. If I got a dollar every time I rolled double 6's while on the bar, I would be retired now. Or rolling doubles when bearing off with the game won. It has too make those dice stats look fair. "See you get same amount of doubles"....that I can't use or don't need. It's unprotected stones are tough to put on the bar but yours go on the bar before you can blink.
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by David
BEWARE LOADED DICE!!!! Increasing difficulty increases loading dice in favor of CPU. Random is NOT = random.