Needs some work
Mon Oct 09 2017 Island 43It is a fun app, you can choose your difficulty levels. The part that gets tiresome is when playing the computer in a "hard" setting, they constantly roll doubles beyond anything you would see in normal dice rolling.
Also, when your in the bearing off mode and there is no danger of hitting or being hit by another pip, this game has no automatic roll-off, in other words, you must tirelessly keep rolling and removing your men and waiting for the computer to so the same when at that point it should just be automated bearing off. I'm sure there are some apps that have that, I just don't know which ones do.
In the meantime, this is a fun free app that will keep unnecessary occupied for hours.
Too many doubles
Tue Jan 13 2026 CampingshadowThis program is so predictable. Play in hard mode. As others have mentioned …. WAY Too many doubles. Unrealistic. We paid money for this game. Why is it programmed to cheat so openly? What is the point of putting games out to cheat? Probably would sell a lot more if done fairly. If checking the previews it is clear this is an ongoing issue for YEARS. FIX IT!
I have played from several hours at a time. Computer will almost always open, the 3rd to 5th play will usually be a large double and player will get stuck with repeat plays totaling less than 7 points 4/3, 6/1/, 5/2 whereas computer will consistently get 10’s, 11’s or doubles. It is PREDICTABLE. Even working around the cheating I am usually able to win…..except when bearing off and computer gets THREE doubles in a row. Worst case I saw was doubles used back to back 7 times between both players. Insanity. Yet I play because I paid….only slightly better than free version, but no ads.
A Couple Fixes Needed
Tue Jan 30 2024 Gane WizardThis game has a nice interface and is easy to work. There are two things that need to be added/changed. First, and this one is minor, is there needs to be a conceded button. As it is, you have to go back to the menu or play out the game. Second, and this one cost it two stars, is the dice rolls. They are nowhere near random. Playing against the computer, the computer gets many more doubles and in numbers that best benefit it. When you get doubles they tend to be less useful, like many times you get doubles you cannot use when you are on the bar trying to get back in. Also, when a marker is on the bar, the computer gets in much quicker than you do. Finally, the number of times that the computer rolls just what is needed is astronomically off the charts statistically. Fix these two issues and this is a world class app. Until then, it’s a dog.
Lousy but entertaining
Sat Dec 19 2020 AerospaceXpertUpdate on Dec. 19, 2020: They change the look of the app. It is awful. All the older comments stand. Old comments: I use this app in advanced mode and still manage to beat the brown out of it. Once in a while, in order to beat me, poor app comes up with dice combinations that are against reason and statistics. Yes, it is possible one throws 4-5 doubles in a row, but NOT every other game and - mainly! - NOT so precisely what's needed to squeeze a victory. Though sometimes it does silly things like kicking you out while leaving 3-4 singles in its own field, for you to kick out at the next dice roll. Overall a poor game algorithm, unable to react at blocking tactics for example, with a strong optimization for bringing the stones home as soon as possible and helping that with "the right" dice numbers, easily beatable if it's not cheating. Still, entertaining enough and probably one of the decent games of its kind out there. But cheating, which some people may be annoyed with.
Too many double rolls for computer
Tue Nov 16 2021 Dave2109TAs others have mentioned, the double rolls that the computer gets is statistically very unlikely. It is somewhat frustrating to play a well thought out match only to lose it due to the computer rolling doubles 4 times out of 6 rolls. I also question the randomness of some of the other rolls when it’s tight or the computer is behind… if you roll in a way that forces you to open up a piece, the computer seems to almost always magically roll that number.
However, it is just a game and you know when you’ve won on your strategy and merits and the loss is bogus…. So overall it’s still fun to play.
Computer rolls are a little unbelievable
Sat Nov 28 2020 Joe1stbassIf you want to learn how to count moves and take chances on open pieces you are not going to get a lot of practice. However, if you want to learn how to play as conservatively as possible then play this apps computer. If you leave one of your pieces vulnerable the computer WILL roll to knock you out. When you play an actual person you see that on one is that lucky. I will say you strengthen your skills because zero chances in this game are tolerated against the computer. Hence it teaches you to never take chances which is one way to play.
Good game
Fri May 04 2018 13carmineI've tried 4 backgammon v. AI games and this is the best so far. Some say that the hard setting wins by rolling doubles. I do find that to be true-when it d videos to win it has rolled the perfect shot or even up to 5 doubles in a row. I get almost as many doubles as it does at some opportune moments. I do wish hard were a bit harder but perhaps I'm a better player than I think. It does beat me sometimes though.
Especially if I'm too wild in my moves but that's to be expected. I do enjoy whiling away my time on it.
It doesn’t seem to understand the doubling cube, and will accept a double that it should not. Good game, worth the price.
Dice not random
Tue Nov 11 2025 mildbill59Like others who have reviewed the game, I have experienced the computer player somehow getting precisely the roll needed to knock me off the board a large percentage of the time as well as winning almost every opening roll, but worst of all is that once the game comes down to a race, the computer will roll double after double. These are often large doubles (5s or 6s). I just watch it win 3 games in a row where the computer player rolled at least 3 and in one case 5 large doubles in a row to win games where I had a fairly substantial leads. I wish the development team would use a random number generator to make the game fair.
