Feels Like the Dice Are Rigged, Not Smarter AI
The game offers different CPU difficulty levels, which is a great idea in theory. You would expect each level to challenge you with a smarter opponent that makes better strategic decisions. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Instead of facing a CPU that plays more intelligently at higher levels, it feels like the difficulty is increased by giving the CPU the exact dice rolls it needs to gain a huge advantage, while you get the unfavorable rolls. It stops feeling like a fair game of backgammon and starts feeling like the outcome is being manipulated.
Backgammon naturally involves luck, and a good AI should challenge you through better strategy, not seemingly predetermined dice rolls. If the random number generator (RNG) were truly fair, both players should have the same chances over time.
I would love to see difficulty levels that genuinely improve the CPU’s strategy rather than seemingly rigging the dice in its favor. Until then, it’s hard to feel that you’re losing because your opponent is better, rather than because the game has decided you should lose.
Instead of facing a CPU that plays more intelligently at higher levels, it feels like the difficulty is increased by giving the CPU the exact dice rolls it needs to gain a huge advantage, while you get the unfavorable rolls. It stops feeling like a fair game of backgammon and starts feeling like the outcome is being manipulated.
Backgammon naturally involves luck, and a good AI should challenge you through better strategy, not seemingly predetermined dice rolls. If the random number generator (RNG) were truly fair, both players should have the same chances over time.
I would love to see difficulty levels that genuinely improve the CPU’s strategy rather than seemingly rigging the dice in its favor. Until then, it’s hard to feel that you’re losing because your opponent is better, rather than because the game has decided you should lose.
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Dice rolls not random
Listen to the other reviews here. Insane choice to fix the dice rolls in a single player backgammon game
Iman
Araghi
Rigged dice at higher levels.
The devs claim the dice aren’t rigged, but they absolutely are at the higher levels. The computer pulls off perfect rolls every time.
The best there is
I love this game only with this app. I play it all the time when I am free. When the algarism is for me to loose and opponent to win is a bit annoying so I delete it for a week and re downloaded after a week.
No.
This game is rigged. I can be winning by a landslide and then somehow the other person gets every roll they need. It hasn’t happened just once, it’s over and over.
I’m not saying I am the best player but to have multiple doubles and exact rolls to get me EVERY game is absurd.
I’m not saying I am the best player but to have multiple doubles and exact rolls to get me EVERY game is absurd.
PATHETIC DICE ROLLS
The dice in this game are completely compromised/rigged/loaded… however you wanna call it. It’s hysterical when Adikus tries to deny this claim; we are all laughing. And how the app rating remains a stellar 4.2 is an anomaly with all the negative reviews. If the dice were truly impartial, this would be the best Backgammon app available anywhere. Do better Adikus.
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Worst backgammon game on the market
It’s got a great layout, I love the UI and gameplay is great. If only it weren’t for the absolutely terrible dice rolls. The developers seem to respond to this complaint the same way claiming they are true random dice. This is a lie. Weather the developers know this or not I cannot say. I can say from hours of experience playing this game the dice rolls are far from random and with the developers simply refusing to look into it there’s no hope that they will get better. It’s just simply not worth spending your time playing it. Unless you like constantly losing.
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Best backgammon app
The best app for playing backgammon with real people!
Rigged games days in a row
For a few months it felt the developers had fixed their glitches. But once I started playing it daily, I noticed days in a row the dice came in favor or against me.
Waste of time.
Waste of time.
Randomness
Dice randomness seem challenge and often favor the opponent for long runs. Odd and makes it appear unequal
Computer Rolls
There is only so much “decision making” in backgammon. The rate at which the computer rolls exactly what is needed is astonishing. I don’t believe at all the rolls are the same odds. It’s ridiculous.
Rigged
When progression through levels the game becomes more rigged in favour of the computer. Computer seem to be able to easily set up block or get the correct number to hit checkers, can become incredibly frustrating.
Sucks
This game sucks. It’s infested with cheaters and bots. Win 1 game lose 7. Win 3 games lose 15. Opponents only roll what they need while you spend the game with pieces on the bar. Developers have obviously just given up on this horrible game.
Moein
Azari
101
101
So good
Best Backgam'mon game ever made
Adikus Backgammon
Just today I began seeing ads that would NOT expire: either by time or by tapping CLOSE. Had to close the app and open it again to get back to my next game. Very annoying!
B Fine
Fun game. Well put together.
Beware the scam
I played this about a month before an ‘Apple Security Alert‘ appeared telling me I had a virus on my iPhone and told me to click the OK link to ‘fix it’. Very dangerous!!
Just rubbish
If you can’t hit the opponent when they open the board consistently and they hit you consistently when they get a one in thirty six chance of hitting then it’s just frustrating
