Backgammon

AI Factory Limited

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About this game

★ Top Developer (awarded 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015) ★
AI Factory's Backgammon is the best free Backgammon game on Android!

Backgammon is a game of skill and strategy; one of the world's classic parlour board games, played for recreation and gambling. Like Mahjong, Backgammon is played in social groups in coffee houses and bars. Historically, variants of this game are believed to have been played in Mesopotamia and Egypt thousands of years ago, then by the Romans and later in India. It also spread to East Asia, but was largely replaced by Xiangqi (Chinese chess). It is now very popular in the West.

Features: ** New stronger Version June 2023 **
-- ★★ New ★★ --- Full game review! Step back and re-analyse your games, with game record export
-- ★★ New ★★ --- Set your own Dice Seed so you can replay games to try out strategies, also allowing you to prove dice integrity
-- ★★ New ★★ --- Full extensive stats, allowing full match and lifetime breakdown of numbers
-- ★★ New ★★ --- Full in-depth 70k on-line documentation with usage instructions
-- Strong Backgammon AI, now with 2 game engines!
-- 7 Difficulty levels! 5 existing levels + 2 new stronger levels added!
-- Full match play + Doubling Cube & Crawford rule options
-- 4 Boards and Piece Sets
-- Single Player vs Computer or local 2 Player
-- Hint & Stats
-- Auto Dice generator, Seeded Dice generator or Manual Dice input
-- Designed for both Tablet and Phone

This free version is supported by 3rd party ads. Ads may use internet connectivity, and therefore subsequent data charges may apply. The photos/media/files permission is required to allow the game to save game data to external storage, and is sometimes used to cache ads.

*Does it cheat? See "CPU Strategy" page + Manual Dice (using real-world dice) and Manual Seed option (to test dice integrity) to prove to yourself that it doesn't*

Ratings and reviews

Two player mode is fun, but the dice rolls are not random. Opponent rolls the dice it needs every time on the easiest mode so you don't get Backgammon or gammon. Play this alot and that's frustrating but this is the best app with the functionality and actual gameplay. Update- probability doesn't work the way it does in the game. The algorithm uses your strategy over time to balance the statistics to look fair at the end of the game. Not cheating but definitely a flaw :/

The game ALWAYS lands on any unprotected stone. During bear off, the game throws doubles while I throw 1's and 2's. When you get knocked off, it usually takes many throws to get back on the board. The "random" throws, seem to repeat a pattern. These things happen naturally when playing a human opponent from time to time, but not every game. I do win occasionally at this AI game but it is very frustrating.

Too bad you can't connect and play online with others. Good graphics, nice action. 2024 update: level 8 makes me laugh out loud, because the AI almost always rolls exactly what it needs, exactly when it needs it. 40% win ratio is about all I can accomplish at level 8. AI almost always rolls several doubles when bearing off, to accomplish the win. Playing a more challenging level should include facing more strategic moves, not more predetermined rolls.

What's new

From user requests, Cpu will now be able to double beyond the point that this does not impact win/loss.