Too many glitches
Every corner has different rules. 1. Top right corner can advance a blockade every time, but the rest cannot. 2. If you get to a point where the only thing the human can do is advance a blockade, the program thinks you can, but it won't let you, so it freezes up. 3. It NEVER rolls a double 5. That's statistically impossible. 4. Worst problem: there is an ad that comes up at the om of the page and it has a flashing conversation bubble that never stops flashing, even if you click on the ad, then go back to the game. Soooo annoying and the only way to get rid of it is to reset the game.
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Double trouble
Apart from the bugs other describe (needing to restart when no move is possible, and some weirdness on blocking), there are two things that stand out. First when playing online opponents I’ve never encountered anyone over level 3. I’m over level 70; am I the only one who stuck with the game despite the flaws. The other is a much bigger issue. After thousand of games, and many tens of thousands of rolls by me and opponents, I can say, anecdotally, that doubles occur far more often than a natural distribution would provide and, despite the high frequency of doubles, I have never rolled, or seen an opponent roll, a 5-5. This is so certain, that I will not hesitate to leave a man open 5 spaces ahead of an opponents home base, knowing they cannot both get a man out and hit me on one roll.
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Still glitchy
I wish I could add a screen shot. It still freezes up alot of the time. The programming lets the bot players skip a turn when there are no legal moves for them to make, but frequently doesn't recognize the same situation for the human (sometimes it does). It also frequently allows the bots to advance a blockade when doubles are rolled, but not for the human. So it has wishy washy rules that favor the bots.
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Bugs
At some points, when there are no moves to make, the game says to make a move. So you need to restart the game.
True Bug when you can’t move a man auto moved
There is a definite bug.
If you have a spot blocked and throw doubles and it automatically moves one of your men and the only other move you have is the to move the other man the same number, it tells you to move that number of spaces instead of no moves and you are stuck there and have to reset the game.
For instance, the guy 2 spaces ahead of me had a block. I only had 2 guys left and they were blocked 2 spaces behind his block. I threw double 1’s so it automatically moves one of my men 1space directly behind his block. Then it came up with the message to move one space. The man it moved was now blocked behind the blocked men and it wouldn’t let me move the other man 1 space because that would block again. There was no move I could make and the message wouldn’t go away so I had to reset.
If you have a spot blocked and throw doubles and it automatically moves one of your men and the only other move you have is the to move the other man the same number, it tells you to move that number of spaces instead of no moves and you are stuck there and have to reset the game.
For instance, the guy 2 spaces ahead of me had a block. I only had 2 guys left and they were blocked 2 spaces behind his block. I threw double 1’s so it automatically moves one of my men 1space directly behind his block. Then it came up with the message to move one space. The man it moved was now blocked behind the blocked men and it wouldn’t let me move the other man 1 space because that would block again. There was no move I could make and the message wouldn’t go away so I had to reset.
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