One of the most successful backgammon games on the iPad/iPhone, one of the most powerful computer opponents in the world.
ALL THE FACTS IN UNDER 30 SECONDS
* Play against computer or humans. Choose from three difficulty levels. Play on a cool modern wood or metal board, or choose from beautiful and richly ornamented optional boards. Play from left or right or play using black or white checkers. Play against friends in the same room or play against people anywhere on the Internet. Your choice, your game.
* One of the best backgammon AI in the world (BGBlitz) is available as an in-app purchase as your opponent or tutor. Find out how good you already are and let BGBlitz teach you how to get better. After all, who doesn't like to win?
* Connect with friends by playing with them in 2-player mode on the same device or anywhere in the world over the network. An occasional game is a great way to stay in touch with friends or to meet new people.
* Available for iPad and iPhone (iOS 12 or later). Optimised for the latest iOS.
* You could be playing backgammon like never before in less than a minute. What are you waiting for?
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ALWAYS READY WHEN YOU ARE - COMPUTER OPPONENT
Whether in the middle of the night or during your coffee break, your computer is always ready for a match. Choose from three difficulty levels to suit your skill level. For those who want to play only the best, a world-class artificial intelligence opponent is available as an in-app purchase. Casual play or competitive match? True Backgammon has an opponent for you that is fun to play with or that is a teeth grinding challenge.
PLAY WITH PEOPLE NEAR YOU - GAME BOARD MODE
Imagine you are with friends and want to pass the time with a game? Or are you on the train playing against the computer and one of your fellow commuters turns out to be a backgammon player too? You don't need to carry around a real board with you all the time. Instead, True Backgammon is your board.
CONNECT WITH FRIENDS OR PLAY AGAINST RANDOM OPPONENTS ONLINE - GAME CENTER
Would you rather play against a human than an AI, but there is no opponent in sight? Join the growing community of people playing True Backgammon online every day on an iPad, iPhone, iPod, iMac or MacBook. There's always someone ready to play. And not only can you play with them, you can talk to them using the built-in voice chat.
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - GAME BOARDS
We didn't just want to make good AI and smooth gameplay, we also wanted to make it look good. No, not just good... we wanted them to look drop dead gorgeous. We found a skilled designer and then tortured him with feedback until we were satisfied. The result is two boards (metal and wood) that look awesome, while offering little visual distraction to keep you focused on your strategy. And for those who love a little distraction, we let the designer run wild with a selection of (optional) fancy boards, rich in decoration and beautiful detail. Which is your favourite?
AAAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOARD, A MULTI-OLYMPIC CHAMPION AI - BEEE GEEEE BLITZ
From time to time there is an Olympic tournament for backgammon programs. We have persuaded the creator of the three-time winner BGBlitz to make his AI available to True Backgammon users. This AI is a world class opponent for those who want to play only the best. And it is a patient tutor. BGBlitz offers a tutor mode that will point out moves that are not optimal and show you better ones. It also gives you statistics, and you can export your current game to the common SGF format to analyse it with other applications like XG2, BGBlitz or gnuBG.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY?
To cut a long story short, we have put a lot of effort into this application, not only in the gameplay, but on every level. If you choose it, we are sure you will not be disappointed.
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Is True Backgammon free?
True Backgammon is not free (it costs 3.99), however it doesn't contain in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is True Backgammon legit?
🤔 The True Backgammon app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
To the developer: Why is it that 100% (yes, 100%) of the time, the AI has two or more players in your home region and is fairly blocked, gets double 5’s or 6’s and out they go into their home region. This never fails to happen (never) and it’s extremely frustrating. I could understand once in a while, but every single time??? And you call this random?? How can one expect to win even occasionally if the CPU rolls doubles practically every other roll and picks off your players almost every time. This game infuriating. I don’t mind losing occasionally but this is ridiculous. If I rolled doubles as often (almost every time) as the cpu, I would be winning 95% of the time. This game is ludicrous. Clearly, when you play in advanced mode, the cpu has the advantage—ability has little to do with it. It doesn’t matter how good of a player you are. 99% of the time, the dice rolls favor the cpu, not the player. To those of you who are thinking of purchasing this game, save your money. It’s not worth it/////So I’m playing a match to 9, I’m ahead 8-2. One would think that I could win one game out of 6. But the cpu wins every game because every other roll is a double and every, yes every time, it picks me off and of course I can’t get back in. This made it impossible to win one lousy game. Random dice rolls? NOT!/////Lets see, your opponent consistently gets doubles almost every other (sometimes every time) time and picks off your unguarded pucks almost every time? Who’s going to win?? I’d like to play the developer a real game and see if he has the same random rolls//////Maybe it’s impossible to program this game to be completely random but when the cpu rolls 5 doubles in a row?? 😒 Give me a break//////This game is absolutely the most ridiculous game ever developed by anyone—the easy mode is laughably too easy to win and the advanced mode is near impossible to win because 98% of the CPU’s rolls are programmed to make it just that. It’s a Catch 22—it doesn’t matter how good of a player you are, the game is programmed to make to make winning impossible.//////This game is utterly ridiculous. Obviously the cpu is favored to win with all the numerous doubles and your pucks getting knocked out to the degree that never happens in real life games. It can be fun but it’s mostly frustrating
Love it!
Great game. Smart computer! Please allow the doubling cube to be doubled as it was before. Now it says you can’t double if enough points are in reach to already win the game
Unfair
Say what you will about whether or not the dice are “loaded”, but I bought the $3.99 upgrade and all I can say is if this game were my best friend, I would never play against him ever again he’s so lucky, and probably disown him for making me so upset.
Best Ever
I learn a lot from this app. It really is the best one I’ve found anywhere on the Internet. Keep up the good work, developers!
Great App, but some improvements
This is all around a nice backgammon app. It there is room for improvement.
Paid Tutor:
1. it should not suggest to double if you have “Ask First” turned on.
2. I would love to get an in game explanation about why a certain move was bad and why the suggestion is better if tutor suggestions are turned on. Maybe in the future this could be connected to a generative AI model to generate explanations or link to chatGPT if you have an account.
3. The analysis of the game is difficult to understand. Some kind of contextual guide would be helpful
4. An additional mode of the games that shows the equity loss/gain while on screen
5. A sandbox to set up scenarios and understand probabilities
6. More help on when to use the doubling cube
Other:
3. Play online seems to take a while to find a player and most of the time it hasn’t worked for me
Glitchy since last update
Gamecenter games with others are freezing a lot. When the game ends it just freezes.
My favorite by a long shot.
Although I think this is the best, most attractive and easy to play Backgammon I have tried, once in a great while it seems to malfunction, and not let me move for a roll. Very very occaisionally.
There is one thing that totally bugs me: everytime I load the game, this damned GameCenter dialog box shows up. I will never use game center, and likely will never play an online game with anyone. The Game Center requestor should be optional, not in my face every time I load the game.
There is really nothing I have tried that I like better. I hate all of the ones with absurdly fancy graphics or themes. I prefer the beauty of the simplicity of this game! Much more realistic, like the physical board game, only more portable. Buy it!!!
Recent changes
Terrible,I’ll download another game. Shame,I’ve had it for years.
Give me my money back
I am just amazed at the idiocy of the programmers of this game. They broadcast in the game that they use random rolls. What a crook, I have never seen a backgammon game CHEAT as much as this. It just goes to prove AI is idiotic and the people programming it more so, knowingly cheating. It won’t let me give it a zero. So I just give it NO CLASS
The best backgammon game I’ve ever found!
I love this game. The dice are fair. The design is simple. The only feature I would add to this game would be a pip counter.
