Backgammon Gold

Name: Backgammon Gold
Rating: 2.9 (137 reviews)
Author: mobivention GmbH

Board

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

137 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Board
Developer

mobivention GmbH
Language

EN
+ 4 More
Size

40.4
MB

Play Backgammon Gold – also called Tavla – anytime and anywhere for free on your smartphone or tablet. Play with your friends or against one of the strongest computer opponents. Now you can play one of the oldest board games in the world even if you are outside. A mix of strategy and luck is waiting for you. Challenge your friends to a classic Backgammon game in local two-player mode or play against the strongest computer opponent from BGBlitz. It is also suitable for beginners – the tutor shows you the best moves. What are you waiting for? Get into the backgammon world! The app includes the following features: * Elo Rating (FIBS) * Computer opponent with 4 grades of difficulty * Single game or tournament (1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15 oder endless games) * 6 different game board designs * Use the tutor from BGBlitz to learn the 'perfect move' * For experts: the internationally rewarded Backgammon computer software BGBlitz * Extended statistics with Elo graph, game history with the result of the last games Have fun with Backgammon Gold!

Ratings & Reviews

2.9

out of 5

137 Ratings

Angry over the recent log in requirement
10/13/2018

Double Arrggh!
I've had this game for several years, but I'm about to delete it. The game's fine. I play against the computer offline. As in - no internet connection. NO INTERNET CONNECTION. The most recent upgrade requires that I log in to play off line. How am I supposed to do that with No Internet Connection? You get my point. If I can't open the game when I want to use it - at lunch at work, then there's no point in having it.
Angry over the recent log in requirement
10/13/2018

Double Arrggh!

I've had this game for several years, but I'm about to delete it. The game's fine. I play against the computer offline. As in - no internet connection. NO INTERNET CONNECTION. The most recent upgrade requires that I log in to play off line. How am I supposed to do that with No Internet Connection? You get my point. If I can't open the game when I want to use it - at lunch at work, then there's no point in having it.
Don’t know what happened, but this game suddenly took a nose dive.
04/27/2024

Not really math
I have been playing this game on the app for many, many years. it was always fun, and I appreciated that you could adjust the level of play and the game actually responded that way. However, for the last month or so it is impossible to win, and it is almost as if the computer is out for vengeance. Every time I get knocked off and there is only one point covered, I roll that number in doubles 4 to 5 times in a row. However, I will have all points, but one covered and remarkably that’s the role the computer gets. In addition, I will get a role that forces me to a spot, I won’t have any options, and then the computer takes advantage of my position. It’s been a good run, but I’ll look for a new app now.
Don’t know what happened, but this game suddenly took a nose dive.
04/27/2024

Not really math

I have been playing this game on the app for many, many years. it was always fun, and I appreciated that you could adjust the level of play and the game actually responded that way. However, for the last month or so it is impossible to win, and it is almost as if the computer is out for vengeance. Every time I get knocked off and there is only one point covered, I roll that number in doubles 4 to 5 times in a row. However, I will have all points, but one covered and remarkably that’s the role the computer gets. In addition, I will get a role that forces me to a spot, I won’t have any options, and then the computer takes advantage of my position. It’s been a good run, but I’ll look for a new app now.
Defies All Odds
10/08/2017

InvestmentAdvisor
A review from a high ranked player:At level 4, this is the most cheating Backgammon game there is.Don't ever let yourself get knocked out. Average rolls for the game to get back in: 1.5. Average rolls needed for you to get back in: 5.5. If the computer has only 2 or 3 points blocked, those are the rolls you'll get over and over again. If you have 5 points blocked, the computer will find the open spot in one or two rolls. In one game, the computer got exactly the only two-die roll needed to escape and hit so often, we calculated the odds at over 10,000 to one.We play this only to ridicule it. We would call out 6 and 4 almost every time that was the only roll that would win for the computer. Doubles when behind, immediately followed by multiple doubles.
Defies All Odds
10/08/2017

InvestmentAdvisor

A review from a high ranked player:At level 4, this is the most cheating Backgammon game there is.Don't ever let yourself get knocked out. Average rolls for the game to get back in: 1.5. Average rolls needed for you to get back in: 5.5. If the computer has only 2 or 3 points blocked, those are the rolls you'll get over and over again. If you have 5 points blocked, the computer will find the open spot in one or two rolls. In one game, the computer got exactly the only two-die roll needed to escape and hit so often, we calculated the odds at over 10,000 to one.We play this only to ridicule it. We would call out 6 and 4 almost every time that was the only roll that would win for the computer. Doubles when behind, immediately followed by multiple doubles.
Aggravating but Fun...
06/29/2017

IBBacon
It is fun, but I wouldn't recommend it to a learning player because it will encourage a vastly over cautious strategy of play. One of the fun aspects of backgammon is understanding the odds and knowing what risks to take. Backgammon Gold punishes risk taking. It is beatable because it plays so foolishly, but it is nowhere near the neighborhood of honest backgammon.Oh btw, their website claims the game is not rigged, which is tempting to believe, but as a statistician, after having played hundreds of games I can testify that it is difinitely rigged. "Computer expert" rolls doubles at a rate approximately quintuple the odds. The rigged rolls become predictable, particularly after accepting a double. I can't imagine why a programmer of games would do this, but there ya go.
Aggravating but Fun...
06/29/2017

IBBacon

It is fun, but I wouldn't recommend it to a learning player because it will encourage a vastly over cautious strategy of play. One of the fun aspects of backgammon is understanding the odds and knowing what risks to take. Backgammon Gold punishes risk taking. It is beatable because it plays so foolishly, but it is nowhere near the neighborhood of honest backgammon.Oh btw, their website claims the game is not rigged, which is tempting to believe, but as a statistician, after having played hundreds of games I can testify that it is difinitely rigged. "Computer expert" rolls doubles at a rate approximately quintuple the odds. The rigged rolls become predictable, particularly after accepting a double. I can't imagine why a programmer of games would do this, but there ya go.

Bug fixes and improvements

Version 5.4.1

12/02/2024

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