Backgammon - The Board Game

90 percent of the games my opponent starts first. Game locks up and you lose. Moves are predictable! Their algorithm is messed up! 4 double 6s in a row? I astound my friends by predicting the next roll. Not worth my time.

Was good until last update. So slow now it’s unusable.

90 percent of the games my opponent starts first. Game locks up and you lose. Moves are predictable! Their algorithm is messed up! 4 double 6s in a row? I astound my friends by predicting the next roll. Not worth my time.

Every game I play seems to have a roll malfunction of some sort. Dice will roll exact numbers to bump off opponent but will re-roll two or even three times which results in different numbers to save opponent. Then their next roll takes me out every time. Opponents roll will re-roll until it gets the exact numbers to bump me off.

Game manipulation. Better check another app

Interface is buggy. I timed out of two games because I was not allowed to make a legal move. Sometimes the first move would finally “take” just before my time ran out, leaving me just seconds to make my second move. Opponent winning the first move 3/4 of the time in 20 games seems a bit questionable. But it was only 20 games. Didn’t have problems with unusual doubles, re-entry, bearing off, etc. Sometimes I got lucky. Sometimes my opponent got lucky. But the board and graphics are too busy and difficult to use. Click through ad at bottom is too close to the playing surface and disguises itself as a game feature. Ads are loud and intrusive. Deal breaker was there was no way to close the app without turning off my phone. Inexcusable. After rebooting the phone I deleted the app.

I have played this game almost 400 games. Of the past 100 the opponent started 90 times. The opponent hit 97%of open pieces on first roll. 88 % of the time the opponent rolled all perfect rolls to set a block while I was in the bar while I rolled mostly doubles of blocked spaces. Thus game is nice setup but very rigged to win. I have won many in person championships but only have 58% wins here.

Despite the ‘fair roll’ statistics, I would say that 98% of the time I leave a checker open that the computer gets the EXACT roll it needs to take it out. Have two of them open: Yup... it gets the roll it needs to take both. Double six rolls by the computer when it needs it? Yup. The ‘fair roll’ statistics don’t reflect this because it’s always a different number needed... but test it yourself. Leave one open and 98% of the time it’ll be taken.

When you playing a game it will lock up some time and you have to exit and restart the game

The mechanics of this game malfunction way too much. If I play let’s say 5 games, 2 will malfunction. The malfunctions vary. In some instances it freezes and neither player can complete the game. In that case both lose and the works against each player’s statistics. They have a leaderboard so you can see for yourself how that alters the standings. Other times you can knock a player so he has to get back on the board but yet the player is about to move on his next play not having to get back on the board first. Please resolve these issues. In the meantime I’m going to find another App to enjoy backgammon with. As an all time top 1% player in this App I’m hoping the creators will find my comments helpful.