Backgammon Pro 4+

I really enjoy the game. Play daily. Dice rolls seem to be fairly random to me. One thing that the computer can't figure out is that it will often except a double when it is pretty clearly behind in bearing off. I play five game matches against the computer and some of the games go down to the wire. I will sometimes make a few illogical moves so that I can work on my back game skills.

This game has a nice interface and is easy to work. There are two things that need to be added/changed. First, and this one is minor, is there needs to be a conceded button. As it is, you have to go back to the menu or play out the game. Second, and this one cost it two stars, is the dice rolls. They are nowhere near random. Playing against the computer, the computer gets many more doubles and in numbers that best benefit it. When you get doubles they tend to be less useful, like many times you get doubles you cannot use when you are on the bar trying to get back in. Also, when a marker is on the bar, the computer gets in much quicker than you do. Finally, the number of times that the computer rolls just what is needed is astronomically off the charts statistically. Fix these two issues and this is a world class app. Until then, it’s a dog.

Update on Dec. 19, 2020: They change the look of the app. It is awful. All the older comments stand. Old comments: I use this app in advanced mode and still manage to beat the brown out of it. Once in a while, in order to beat me, poor app comes up with dice combinations that are against reason and statistics. Yes, it is possible one throws 4-5 doubles in a row, but NOT every other game and - mainly! - NOT so precisely what's needed to squeeze a victory. Though sometimes it does silly things like kicking you out while leaving 3-4 singles in its own field, for you to kick out at the next dice roll. Overall a poor game algorithm, unable to react at blocking tactics for example, with a strong optimization for bringing the stones home as soon as possible and helping that with "the right" dice numbers, easily beatable if it's not cheating. Still, entertaining enough and probably one of the decent games of its kind out there. But cheating, which some people may be annoyed with.