Backgammon for iPad & iPhone

Two Main Positive Points: #1.) This game has the most random dice roles of any of the eleventy-billion free games I’ve tried!! If not truly random, they’re close TF enough! #2.) This game doesn’t punish or attack you with clearly predictable, preprogrammed (negative) dice rolls for not making moves the program wants you to!! Plus, the ability to Double works as it should. I do wish the comments weren’t only pre-chosen for you to choose. (Maybe extend the Timer when typing a kwik message to your opponent) Offer a “Friends“ list of players you wish to play against. Show if they’re online and hit an “invite” button to play! Just an idea.

This is my favorite version of Backgammon which I’ve been playing for over 50 years. This app offers many options and controls for the player but the rankings system can be a bit confusing and they don’t explain it anywhere I’ve been able to find. Example: my screen name is now followed by a gold star with the number 57XP in it. It is now clickable to find out what it is and I can find info online, yet. Other than that, they continue to update the app to keep it fresh and it allows to to play at three skill levels either with the computer or with someone online…they score the same but live is more fun. Now, someone tell me what that star is for!

I signed up and played this game that I thought was an honest game. This game you have options to bet 0 coins, 5, 20 and 50. After playing for awhile I informed the owner that double rolls just don’t happen in the real world. Example: One opponent I played against rolled 5 double 6's. They told me that could honestly happen. I’ve played backgammon for over 50 years and such a thing just doesn’t happen. I played against an opponent who rolled in consecutive order double 6's then 5's then 4's. One night recently I decided to play games where I bet 50 coins for 13 STRAIGHT GAMES. I didn’t win one game because of terrible rolls and opponents constantly rolling doubles. So I stopped playing that night and thought I’d try again the next night. So the next night I played 8 games betting 50 coins for each. Of the 8 games I played I only won 2 games and the only reason I won those is because those opponents timed out which automatically gave me 50 coins each for those 2 games. If you want to play backgammon there’s other games out there that are honest.