A strong computer opponent on three levels, even offline, and real match rules with the doubling cube. Or send a friend a link and play live.
Backgammon Zone is a fast, faithful backgammon game. Play a strong computer opponent anywhere, even with no connection at all, or send a friend a link and play live.
PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER
• Three levels: Normal, Strong and Expert — Expert looks a full roll further ahead
• Works completely offline
• Auto-save: close the app and pick up exactly where you left off
• Best move: ask the engine for its play when a position is hard
• Undo your last move
PLAY WITH A FRIEND
• Tap "Play with a friend" and share the invite link or the six-character room code
• Your friend can join from the app or from any web browser
• Rejoin a match in progress if the connection drops
REAL RULES, REAL MATCHES
• Full official rules: hitting, the bar, bearing off, gammons and backgammons
• Doubling cube with the Crawford rule
• Matches to 3, 5, 7, 9 or 11 points
MADE TO PLAY WITH
• Dice, checkers and hits you can hear and feel
• Six boards: classic, walnut, midnight, denim, green felt and a high-contrast one
• Your record kept on your device: games, matches and your best winning run
14 LANGUAGES
English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Russian.
FREE AND AD-SUPPORTED
Backgammon Zone is free to download and play. It shows a short ad when you move on to the next game or start a new match — never in the middle of a turn — and you can watch an optional ad for extra hints or undos. A one-time "Remove ads" purchase turns every ad off for good, and you can review your ad privacy choices at any time from the settings menu.
Roll the dice. Move smart. Win the match.
Questions or ideas? Visit backgammonzone.net/contact
With 3 slots open, you will sit in limbo for 8+ turns while bot positions for win. It is comically predictable.
Developer Response
Thank you for writing this up — a dice game that feels rigged is not worth anyone's time, so let me be precise about what the code actually does.Both players roll from the same two lines, one call each, and the computer never sees a roll before it happens: it chooses its moves from the dice already on the table. There is no second roll, no peek ahead, and nothing in the engine that knows whose turn it is when a die is generated.Coming in from the bar against three open points is a 75% chance each turn, so being shut out for several turns in a row is unlikely but real — and the same maths applies to the computer's checkers when you hit them.I would rather show that than assert it. The next update adds a dice counter to Statistics: every roll made, yours and the computer's side by side, so the numbers are there to check rather than to take on trust.If anything else feels wrong, the contact page on backgammonzone.net reaches me directly.
• Small improvements and fixes.
Version 1.8.7
The developer, Maurizio Mariani, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Maurizio Mariani
Size
8.7 MB
Category
Board
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
