Backgammon - Deluxe app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Fat Bird Games
First release : 27 May 2011
App size: 25.67 Mb
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games or dice games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. The 1 player mode to play with 3 AI computer, 2 players mode to play with your friend on same devices.
*Features*
1. Three levels of play, meeting needs of all players.
2. Play against a nearby player via Bluetooth or your friend on the same device with Two Players mode.
3. Enable to save game progress and load it next time.
4. Great visual effect and exciting sound effects.
*Rules*
There are many variants for backgammon, such as hypergammon,nackgammon,acey-deucey, gul bara and tapa, but they almost share the same basic rule.
In this game, players alternate turns, rolling two dice at the beginning of each turn. A checker may land on any point that is unoccupied or is occupied only by a players own checkers, may also land on a point occupied by exactly one opposing checker. When all of a players checkers are in that players home board, that player may start removing them. The one who first finishes removing all his checkers is the winner.
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Latest reviews of Backgammon - Deluxe app for iPhone and iPad
The interface is good but in the most challenging level computers dice must have higher probability for doubles and the number roll it needs. Not possible for dice to bd that lucky that often. Very frustrating. Played at least a hundred games and deleted it.
This application causes iPhones sysytem softwere failure.
Like others I have noted the extreme luck of the computer rolls. While I win frequently, the computer will never double you. This makes a blow out win by the computer longer than it needs to be. There is another flaw in that if you want to move a piece to its original place to reconsider your options it moves the piece back but now you must roll again. The purist in me views this as cheating. There are several holes in this game that need to be addressed. UPDATE: I had to delete this game after giving it poor review because I never won after I wrote it. IF YOU GIVE THIS GAME A POOR REVIEW, THE GAME WILL GIVE THE GAME TO THE COMPUTER ROUGHLY 85% OF THE TIME. So if you want to play with a somewhat even playing field do not give this game anything but a stellar review or you may as well quit playing. As I didnt change the number of stars with this update I fully expect I wont win another game.
One of the first things I noticed about the game is that the computer cheats. It will constantly give itself doubles, when you get none. It will say you have no usable moves, when you can see the dice and you clearly have moves. And it will change the way the dice land after the roll is complete. All that being said, I still enjoy the game. When you block the possible moves with a good defense you can still win. Knowing you beat a rigged game is fun. Kind of reminds me of the Kobayasi Maru - LOL
Not a bad game of backgammon. I may prefer Mobiventions bg gold or XG Mobiles free bg (though buggy), but this one is okay too. One thing I found odd: the Undo button doesnt take back your move to be redone but rather rolls a completely different pair of dice.