Weird
For about a month now, the board changes direction in the middle of a game. Speed slows down automatically even when it’s set for fast bi was so frustrated today that I deleted the game even though I paid for a no- ad cost
Game so rigged.
Allows you to win 2 games and then not the third. So obviously and badly rigged
DICE BROKEN
Got 5 and a 1 ten times in a row, but I am sure you will say game is ok.
The best backgammon app on iOS
Many good features in this app, it’s excellent. I never tire of playing, the computer is a fun and fair opponent. Best part is the developers don’t collect any data to resell. Thank you for being decent people. Also, no ads, ever. Truly for the love of backgammon.
Too many doubles in favour of the computer
I have played this game for years now and generally love it. However, the computer throws so many doubles, sometimes 3 on a row, enabling its counters to move freely around the board. The odds of so many doubles for one player are unrealistic. When this happens I just abandon the match in frustration and that happens A LOT. Reduce the number of doubles to a realistic number and you will give the player a much better experience.
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Fixed Big Time
You don’t need Penn & Teller to let you know how a game is rigged.
The patterns are obvious, especially the frequent “Great Escapes”, and end-game turnarounds. My favourite though is when the computer rolls two dice that correspond to both possible places for a blot to occur. Or when you roll 15+ times without getting a four on greater on one die.
I notice network play is noticeably random, no problem.
What I see happening is the computer is a poor player and too often would not win without a dramatic turnaround two rolls before reaching home, and these games are way too frequent. I don’t know and I don’t care how they fix the list of rolls retroactively — but it is probably much less trouble than designing game skills
The patterns are obvious, especially the frequent “Great Escapes”, and end-game turnarounds. My favourite though is when the computer rolls two dice that correspond to both possible places for a blot to occur. Or when you roll 15+ times without getting a four on greater on one die.
I notice network play is noticeably random, no problem.
What I see happening is the computer is a poor player and too often would not win without a dramatic turnaround two rolls before reaching home, and these games are way too frequent. I don’t know and I don’t care how they fix the list of rolls retroactively — but it is probably much less trouble than designing game skills
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TRULY FIXED
This game is clearly fuxed
Response from developer
You can prove for yourself, that the dice are not rigged by (1) looking at the dice list beforehand (right menu, click on the small dice icon) to prove that the dice do not change during a game, and by (2) writing down a game and playing that game again, with the same dice as before, but entered as manual dice. The game will be exactly the same. So cheating is simply not possible, otherwise one of these two tests would fail.
ChatGPT’nin birinci tercihi !
ChatGPT’ye sordum. En iyi ve en kullanışlı tavla uygulamasının bu olduğunu belirtti. Denemediğim tavla uygulaması kalmamıştı diyebilirim. Hiç biri bunun eline su dökemez. Gerçekten mükemmel.
Played for years - it’s the best so far
Ignore every review that says computer bias. Some people just can’t play advanced level backgammon. The AI in the is clever and better than almost all the others but can still be beaten. Would say it’s about 55:45 to the AI on the highest level, which is about right. Game aids, game play and general UI is very intuitive and constantly improving. It’s smart, smooth and fast. Well done for making the best and beating the competition.
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Einfach spitze
Tolle App, die Spielstärken mit den Erweiterungen sind absolut top, auch die Anzeigen während des Spiels und die Tutor Funktion sind Gold (und ihr Geld) wert. Jeder der meint, dass das Programm schummelt scheint das Spiel grundsätzlich nicht Verstanden zu haben… und ja es kann frustrierend sein, wenn der Digitale Gegner auf einmal genau die richtigen Zahlen würfelt, allerdings kommt das genauso oft umgekehrt vor… nur dann ist das Skill, oder ;-)? Tolle Pflege der App über die Zeit weiter so.
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Response from developer
Vielen Dank für die nette Rezension und die Worte bezüglich der Würfel ^^ Weiterhin viel Spaß beim Spielen!
A fair game
this is my goto game. It always gives me about a 50/50 chance of winning and the dice rolls are good.
Creep that created this is a dick
Pathetic beyond belief. So rigged.
Better than some
I have played many different ones, the issue I have is the AI ‘random’ dice. It is not in favour of the player or the AI just that it generates ridiculous dice patterns. Eg I had the same dice as the AI for 6 throws or I had 4x dbl 3 and the Ai had 6x dbl 3 in the same game. It almost always generates highly improbable sequences that just don’t happen with real dice. You can say that all outcomes have the same probability but with real dice you dont throw dbl1,dbl2,dbl3,dbl4 in a row. Statistically this is almost never going to happen. So it is frustrating to play.
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Decent - but….
So I play this game often, and over many years. I should have already switched. But I haven’t. Why? laziness and convenience. However I’m going to download another version? My reason? The app will go on incredibly impossible runs over and over again to the users detriment. The probabilities simply aren’t accurate.
Example: often I’ll take a safe risk after calculating probabilities; i.e., “this is a safe move and it shouldn’t backfire, as the only way this hurts me is if the computer hits a 1 and a 6 on their next roll (1/18 chance).”… only to see that roll happen on the apps next roll, when it would help the app the most. “Ok, sure that happens sometimes”, I think to myself.. My next roll I need an outcome that should have a 50% (or more) hit rate and miss it. Again and again, while the app seems to land the perfect needed roll on its next 5 turns. It wouldn’t be a big deal if it wasn’t happening time and time again, making it obvious that the app seems to have an “auto screw-you” mode enabled; which legitimately just becomes anger inducing.
Surely there are more realistic versions than this. If this is really how probabilities worked, casinos would go broke.
Example: often I’ll take a safe risk after calculating probabilities; i.e., “this is a safe move and it shouldn’t backfire, as the only way this hurts me is if the computer hits a 1 and a 6 on their next roll (1/18 chance).”… only to see that roll happen on the apps next roll, when it would help the app the most. “Ok, sure that happens sometimes”, I think to myself.. My next roll I need an outcome that should have a 50% (or more) hit rate and miss it. Again and again, while the app seems to land the perfect needed roll on its next 5 turns. It wouldn’t be a big deal if it wasn’t happening time and time again, making it obvious that the app seems to have an “auto screw-you” mode enabled; which legitimately just becomes anger inducing.
Surely there are more realistic versions than this. If this is really how probabilities worked, casinos would go broke.
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Rigged Dice
I was hoping this was going to be a good app that used genuine random dice rolls…but it’s not. The bot will try to make the game challenging - sometimes in your favor. I can call the rolls the bot will get. Also, sometimes when you get the bot cornered, it will give you the one roll that exposes your checkers. The game is fun but definitely not fair.
I received your response to my review. That’s a ridiculous response. Im not saying the dice do not change during the game. What I’m saying is the app looks at the scenario of the placement of the checkers and adjusts the dice results to what the game desires. Of course if I played the game again and manually had the dice roll what was done in the previous game the outcome would be the same. To think the results would be different is insane!
My point is the game has logic that rigs the dice roll to be what the programmer has predetermined. If they want the game to be more “exciting”, they will have the dice roll what one entity needs to keep the game exciting.
What a pitiful response you guys provided. You didn’t address the main issue I mentioned. So, here is the question, does your app have code that looks at the position of the checkers to determine the dice rolls or is the roll absolutely random?
I’m interested to hear your reply…..
I received your response to my review. That’s a ridiculous response. Im not saying the dice do not change during the game. What I’m saying is the app looks at the scenario of the placement of the checkers and adjusts the dice results to what the game desires. Of course if I played the game again and manually had the dice roll what was done in the previous game the outcome would be the same. To think the results would be different is insane!
My point is the game has logic that rigs the dice roll to be what the programmer has predetermined. If they want the game to be more “exciting”, they will have the dice roll what one entity needs to keep the game exciting.
What a pitiful response you guys provided. You didn’t address the main issue I mentioned. So, here is the question, does your app have code that looks at the position of the checkers to determine the dice rolls or is the roll absolutely random?
I’m interested to hear your reply…..
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Fix the dice rolls
The dice rolls are definitely not random. Often multiple same double or multiple 2-1 in certain situations. Odds extremely against this happening.
By far the best but
Best looking boards, the tutor and the stats it shares are great. Vs ai is the best i tried but at highest dificulty its the same bs as all other apps. When it wants it just rolls a lit fatality and u see it comming a mile away. It does have the option for u to roll manual dice which is great. The part that needs more improvement is multiplayer and ranking system
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Fixed
I don’t care what the makers say, that you can prove that it is not fixed, but this game HAS to be rigged. The opponent ALWAYS GETS the roll it needs to capture. It gets doubles over and over again, and I get nothing. There is no way this is random.
Not random
Bought this as it allegedly uses random dice rolls. It is absolutely NOT random dice. If it is I should play the lottery. Just junk game.
Excellent
Excellent
