Backgammon Pro

I love this app. I’ve had the full version for years. The game play is quick and smooth. It’s a great way to pass the time in any location. You can share a two player game on your iPhone or iPad - the iPad screen makes it larger which is cool. The really cool thing is that I’ve been playing against the game in HARD mode and you learn all the little strategies and non-obvious moves. My experience is now that when I play on a backgammon board with another person - they don’t stand a chance!

The app is a lot of fun to play, I play on the “hard” setting and would expect the “hard” setting to increase the computer’s strategy rather than constantly getting GREAT rolls of the dice that seem to perfectly align with what the computer needs to win. If the developers are reading this… you have a good game here, it is just unfair how the dice rolls are so very unrealistic. The settings from easy to hard should endeavour to give a range of strategies rather than completely unrealistic rolls of the dice. Example: I’m winning so what happens next is the computer gets five or six doubles consecutively and takes the game. That is tantamount to cheating! Otherwise I love this app and would’ve given five stars as a rating.

Developers of these kinds of games will always assure you the dice rolls are random. They’re lying. Pure and simple. Either that or they are trusting some other lying company that makes the dice algorithm and assures them it’s all fair. Either way, it’s a lie. You play long enough you’ll suspect it’s cheating but you can’t really prove it. All you have to do to absolutely prove beyond doubt it is play a dozen or so games below your usual skill level. You do this just to prove the point. You will win and win by a comfortable and consistent margin and then after a while somehow the game is rolling 7 doubles in a row to catch up and make it closer. If you keep on going this way it will eventually start beating you. On the easy level. Your skill didn’t go down. The game’s “luck” went up. Cheat. Don’t try to appease me with your lies. I’m not swallowing it. Just fix it.

J’adore!

Although this version isn't as buggy as previous versions I have still had to delete & reinstall several times after it hangs. In addition to complete crashes it will sometimes lose its sound and I have to turn the device off and restart in order to reinstate the sounds. Every so often it will also make insanely stupid moves, almost deliberately leaving itself open. The AI is very predictable and does not learn from its mistakes and/or my style. The recent changes you made to the graphics aren’t doing you any favors. You lost the nice textured wood grain and now everything looks flat. This said, otherwise the game is true to rules and the most enjoyable of all the backgammon apps available.

I rarely comment, but since i play this a lot, i felt it necessary to speak up. The new colours are horrible. Yesterdays layout was much better.

I miss the previous set up which was more natural and had the woodish style. I simply can’t enjoy the new design at all. The game is still a great game though..

Loved this game before the last update. Don’t get me wrong, it runs great with no glitches before or after. Just really don’t like the looks of it anymore. I have played this game almost daily for years now. I don’t think I will anymore.

I hate the upgrade you did that changed the background and other colours. It makes them much harder to see The contrast is not aggressive enough Please change them back or offer others in your menu

Don’t like the new software.