Backgammon - Board Games 12+

3.5 overall - mostly fun but feels a bit too rigged

Definitely mostly fun, I also paid to remove the ads because they are indeed very annoying. Few negatives: very skeptical of the die rolls adhering to natural/random probabilities. While not impossible, there are sequences of multiple doubles in a row back to back on both sides that are not infrequent. The opponent nearly always rolls perfectly such that they rarely end up with a blot. Also, when the opponent offers to double, the menu to agree or decline covers the board so you don’t have a way to consider based on your current position if you hadn’t immediately checked before the offer. But if you’re looking to learn or improve your strategy, it’s great for quick play and visualizing all your options.

finger on scale

I like the graphics, I like the movement. after playing many games, I have found that once you become comfortable playing the game the programmers screw you. I have played hundreds of thousands of games of backgammon (over 40+ years) but this program gets to a point where it only rolls doubles for the opponent whilst you can only roll unusable combinations. It's like all the current computer games which are designed to teach you the only winning hand is to delete the app. I could have predicted the response of the developer – in fact I did predict the response of the programmer. they claim everything is as a result of a random number generator – that may be true after they've eliminated certain combinations already, depending on whether it's the program player or the live player. it would have been a wonderful game if they programmed it straight -but when in multiple games in sequence, the computer rolls high doubles on every roll & the human is given low non-usuable combinations on EVERY roll - that's not random. I was just amazed at how many times that the computer snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat in many consecutive games. I finally figured out the correct winning strategy – I deleted the app.

Developer Response ,

Hello, thank you fort the feedback! We understand your concerns. The dice rolls in our app are always determined by a RNG. It's natural to notice certain patterns during gameplay; however, the nature of randomness means that sometimes sequences or patterns can emerge that seem non-random, but they are just part of the statistical probability.

Totally Unfair Game

I agree with ‘fun but frustrating’. I can lose up to 10 games in a row and every single roll the dice gives the opponent is perfection nearly every time. If you are “unlucky” enough to actually capture the opponent’s chip then you will either get gotten or they will roll doubles EVERY TIME! I noticed a lot too that whenever you aren’t covered they always have the opportunity to get you but sometimes don’t….until the next roll where you have another chip uncovered that benefits the opponent (and that’s because of the roll you were given). Most always the numbers on their doubles are twice as big as yours as well. I loved this game when I started playing it but now it frustrates me to no end to where I’m about to delete the app. I have played a whole lot of backgammon in real life and nobody, I mean nobody, ever has the perfect rolls all the time, time after time after time. I want to play, I don’t mind losing from time to time either, BUT up to 10 times in a row (and get slaughtered every time)????? Come on now. I’ve been playing this app for awhile but the developer(s) have taken the fun and ‘the challenge’ out of the game. Any way to fix this developer(s) to make it more fair to the challenger?????

Developer Response ,

Hello! We appreciate your thoughts on this. The game’s dice rolls are driven by a random number generator to promote fair play. We know that experiences may vary, and we’re grateful for your feedback. We’ll bear this in mind as we continue working to make the game even better.