Odesys Backgammon

Odesys, LLC

About this game

Backgammon is a game of luck and skill that has been entertaining millions of people throughout the world for centuries. It is played by two people on a board consisting of 24 triangles called points. Each player has 15 checkers, which are moved according to the roll of the dice. The first player to bear off all of their checkers wins the game.

Features:
• Multi-point matches with doubling and Crawford rule
• Play with your friends online
• Play with the computer
• Local, two-player mode
• Global player rating
• Pip counter
• Realistic look and feel
• No ads, no unnecessary access permissions

Ratings and reviews

I agree with all of the comments about the AI cheating. I can't tell you how many times I've experienced the AI doubling in the oddest times - - it's clearly behind in the game and no rational player would double at that point - - then it rolls three doubles in a row, or gets the most improbable roll to bar me, and then goes on to win. It seems to get worse the higher my experience rating goes too. I'm uninstalling it.

Game plays a reasonable beginner game at the lowest level. I am deducting stars because it takes too many games to get to a level for advanced players. (Dumb restriction). My experience level is now 1400 and testing around 1950. It feels like the game gets a lot of lucky else to make up for its lack of skill. It makes a lot of bad plays for the rating it claims to have. I used to say these games have fair dice, but I am now not so sure. I should log rolls for certain key situations.

Even in the most difficult level, the computer opponent makes moves that not even a beginner would do: Moving checkers to the ones instead of bearing of (and losing a sure game). Leaving a checker in the opponents home over many rounds (and losing this way 3x instead of 2x or even 1x). That has nothing to do with rating and difficulty. That is just bad programming and an insult for all the backgammon players out there!

What's new

Minor improvements and bug fixes