Orion Backgammon vs Facegammon

Orion Backgammon is live backgammon with real players: a Masters tournament every weekend, leagues to climb and legendary boards to collect. Call it backgammon, tavla, nard or shesh besh: this is your table. WEEKEND MASTERS Every Friday to Sunday, enter the Masters, climb the live standings and win your share of a guaranteed gem prize pool. Champions are crowned with a ceremony. PLAY LIVE Real opponents in real time, match play, the doubling cube, and dice you can verify: every roll is provably fair. CLIMB THE LEAGUES Win ranked matches, earn trophies and rise league by league through a season with its own pass and rewards. TRAVEL ICONIC TABLES From a cafe on the Bosphorus to Monte Carlo: play on handcrafted boards, dice and checkers, and collect legendary sets. CLUBS AND FRIENDS Found a club, chat, challenge your friends and earn rewards for inviting them. FAIR AND FRIENDLY Gold and gems are virtual items only: no real-money betting, no cash prizes. Available in 44 languages. Download free and take your seat.

Facegammon is online backgammon with the one thing every other board game app leaves out: the person on the other side of the board. SEE WHO YOU ARE PLAYING Turn on the camera and play face to face. Your opponent appears beside the board while you play - the reactions, the groans at a bad roll, the nod when you make a good move. It is the closest thing to a real board on a real table. REAL OPPONENTS, REAL TABLES Six tables from Copper to Diamond, each with its own stake. Win the pot, climb the ladder, and unlock the tables above you. Matchmaking finds someone near your rating in seconds. TOURNAMENTS Enter a bracket, play your way through the rounds, and take the prize pot. Every match is a real opponent. PLAY YOUR FRIENDS Create a private room, share the code by WhatsApp or Telegram, and play whoever you like at whatever stake you agree. PRACTISE AGAINST THE COMPUTER Facegammon AI plays a proper game and is rated on the same ladder, so a practice win means something. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD Global and country rankings, standard Elo ratings, and a full history of every match you have played. MAKE IT YOURS Board skins and checker sets in the store, including hand-modelled 3D boards. Coins are for play only. They cannot be exchanged for money or cashed out. Backgammon has been played for five thousand years across a table from someone. Facegammon puts that back. LEARN AND IMPROVE New to the game? Play backgammon online against the Facegammon AI first. It follows the full rules - hitting, the bar, bearing off, gammons, backgammons and the doubling cube - and it is rated on the same ladder, so you can see yourself improve. When you are ready, play backgammon with friends in a private room, or let matchmaking find an opponent at your level. Backgammon multiplayer, with a face on the other side of the board.