Backgammon Tutor

It's a good game but beware of a few things: 1. Be wary of accepting a double from the computer - this is usually a cue for his(her) dice to crank into overdrive and your chances of winning are then about 1 in 5. 2. In an 'equal' bearing off you'll usually lose as he will get doubles 'up the wazoo'. 3. The computer will usually be able to fill his home box with ease - and don't take this phoney claptrap that it is the 'sophisticated' program that allows the computer to be able to do this. Also when bearing off the computer is usually totally flawless whereas you will have dice that will leave you with single counters open and invariably taken by the computer. 4. And finally expect to roll the dice forever when you have counters on the bar - you may get a chance of getting in after about ten rolls by which time the computer has miraculously moved 5 or 6 counters around the board and secured victory from the jaws of a heavy defeat.... 5. Can a computer cheat - of course not, but it appears to me at least that the program the developers use (and tout as being super in other places) needs artificial help to compete at the top level.......

Wouldn’t you think a game that is suppose to be a tutorial would at least give both sides the same chance? This game gives the computer the advantage…high number doubles, four times as many doubles as the player. It is so obviously rigged! OBVIOUSLY. please fix your game

This app needs a better dice roll algorithm

The developer purposely leveraged the probability of good rolls of the dice for the computer such as doubles in the end game. They were called out on here in reviews a few times and as a result added an option to re-roll the dice for either you or the computer. Frankly IFF you just consider this a training game and don’t use the re-roll feature it’s a good training because the dice odds are against you. That is why I give it good marks as a training game. But why tip the odds in a two dice roll? That the question I would like an honest answer to. So 1 star until we get and answer.

please remove it

Game alway goes first on starting roll (20 starts game got higher number 19 times.) If you leave a piece uncovered computer almost always gets a hit unless you are in starting quadrant, mostly will leave you alone in starting quadrant. If computer leaves a piece uncovered it appears you have about realistic chance to hit it. Lower level of play rigged to teach player to avoid leaving uncovered piece at all cost.

Get rid of pick your dice roll option. Obvious when computer gets too far behind it switches to that option.

Unrealistic rolls by computer.

Pros: I love this game and I’m actually getting better at backgammon. I used to be a newb but now I recognize moves and learn from my mistakes. I like it that the piece does a dance/shake when you accidentally select an impossible spot. Cons: It’s annoying to have to hit confirm after the AI player has played. It would be nice to have an auto-roll option. Sometimes it’s hard to select the piece that you are aiming for. Also annoying to have to select the piece that has been “knocked out” when it’s the only one you can move - it should auto select if for you. When a match is over, if you selected an expert1 or expert2 AI opponent, it defaults back to advanced.

I taught myself to play using this app and for that I am grateful. I will say that the odds seem to be skewed to the computer when playing against it. It will roll 4 sixes just as you are about to win and beat you or repeatedly roll a series of die allowing to send one of your pieces back to home position again and again. I realize this is just part of the game but after playing a long time it definitely feels there is something in the programming giving an advantage to the computer beyond what would be expected.