Backgammon vs Bitz Backgammon

Challenge yourself in the deluxe board & dice game! Both the press and customers agree: Backgammon's got it in spades! __________________________________________ PRESS LOVE: Recommended by MacWorld Magazine as a Top Download for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. “Backgammon Premium is the crème-de-la-crème ‘gammon’” 9 out of 10 stars from Appaddicts.com! Nominated for “Best Dice Game” in the Best App Ever Awards hosted by bestappever.com! __________________________________________ CUSTOMER LOVE: "Elegant and beautifully laid out. The play is terrific. I play a game every break I get. The fun just doesn't stop!" "This app is awesome!!! No problems and extremely fun." "Backgammon is a great game, simple and intriguing. This app does it justice. The AI is smart and sometimes infuriating. Five Stars!" __________________________________________ Play solo or live online against friends! Great for players who enjoy Gin Rummy, Spades, Cribbage, Blackjack, or Dominos. GREAT GAME VARIATIONS: Backgammon - The classic game you know and love Nackgammon - Changing the token setup requires players to get creative. Old English - A British favorite! No more than 5 checkers to a single point. Acey Deucey - Start in your own goal tray and work your way into your opponent's! WAYS TO PLAY: Single Player- Prove you're the King against Backgammon's Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulties! Online Multiplayer- Match against friends or strangers to prove your mastery! Peer to Peer- Play against your friends on their devices with no network required. __________________________________________ FEATURES: - Single Player Games (with Easy, Medium, Hard) - Match support! Play to 3, 5, 9 or 15 points with Doubling. Matches use the Crawford Rule - Four distinct board designs - Online and Bluetooth multiplayer - Move-Assist, highlights available moves - Unlimited “Undo” in single-player games - Extensive game statistics

Sit down at the board and roll the dice. Backgammon is one of the oldest board games in the world, played for something like five thousand years. This is a backgammon app built around a single principle: stay faithful to the classic rules. It traces its roots to the backgammon command from bsd-games, a fixture of UNIX systems for decades, rebuilt from scratch with Apple's modern frameworks. No flashy gimmicks, no in-app purchases. Just an accurate board and the satisfying feel of moving your checkers. FAITHFUL TO THE CLASSIC RULES Twenty-four points, the bar, and the bear-off tray. Legal moves are determined strictly by the rulebook, including passing when no move is available, playing four moves on doubles, and the requirement to use the higher die when only one can be played. Hitting and re-entering from the bar, bearing off, and scoring gammons and backgammons at double and triple value are all handled correctly. If you are still learning, valid destinations are highlighted automatically, so you can play with confidence. THREE LEVELS OF COMPUTER OPPONENT The CPU chooses its moves using Monte Carlo search built on Apple's GameplayKit. Pick from Easy, Normal, or Hard: Easy makes a patient practice partner, while Hard will punish a loose blot. Dice are rolled with a Mersenne Twister random source, so every roll is fair and unbiased. WATCH THE CPU PLAY ITSELF Prefer to sit back? Spectator mode lets two computer players face off at the level you choose: Easy, Normal, or Hard. Pause at any moment to study the board, or step forward one turn at a time to follow each decision. Playback speed is adjustable in Settings. A good way to learn how the moves flow. LOCAL TWO-PLAYER Pass one device back and forth and play face to face. No setup, no connection required. Just start a game. THE DOUBLING CUBE Offer, accept, and decline doubles. The computer reads the position and will double you when it is ahead, or drop when it is beaten. Gammons and backgammons are multiplied by the cube, and the Jacoby rule can be switched on in Settings. ONLINE PLAY THROUGH GAME CENTER Asynchronous turn-based matches are supported. You are free to close the app while waiting for your opponent, and you will be notified when they move. Wins and milestones are recorded to leaderboards and achievements, so you can measure yourself against players around the world. HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI "Roll the dice." "Enter from the bar." "What's the board look like?" You can drive an entire game by voice. Shortcuts are supported as well, so you can register your own phrases. Spoken feedback means you can keep playing without looking at the screen. ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. One purchase covers every platform. The app is tuned for Stage Manager on iPad, for the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts on Mac, and for spatial windows on Apple Vision Pro. HOW IT FEELS Checkers arc across the board, and a hit blot is knocked back to the bar. Sound and haptics answer every move, and a win is celebrated in proportion to its size, from a plain single to a backgammon. A fading ring marks the move just played, so you never miss what the computer did. Misdropped a checker? You can take one move back until the next roll. Animation speed has three settings, and everything is skipped if you have Reduce Motion turned on. DETAILS THAT MATTER - Live pip counts for both sides - Sound and haptics, each toggled separately - Dark Mode support - Dynamic Type support, applied across the whole interface - VoiceOver support - Localized in English and Japanese - Automatic match history - Both tap-to-select and drag-and-drop input No ads. No in-app purchases. No account required. Just a quiet game, played by the classic rules.