HappyGammon

Nikolaos Papahristou

About this game

Play backgammon variants Tavli, Portes, Plakoto, Fevga and Narde against world class AI. Powered by Palamedes, the research project behind two Computer Backgammon Championship titles (2011, 2015).

Never get bored playing the same game. HappyGammon currently supports Greek variants (Portes, Plakoto, Fevga) and Narde. You can also play the traditional Greek variant Tavli where all three games are played in the same match!

HappyGammon is powered by the Palamedes research project. It uses neural-network AI trained on millions of self-play games with advanced reinforcement learning. Specialized algorithms support both individual money games and matches.

Features:
-Play against world class AI
-Four backgammon games (Portes, Plakoto, Fevga, Narde).
-Four difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Expert, Master)
-Match play for all games
-Tavli match (Portes-Plakoto-Fevga). All three games in the same match.
-Manual dice option
-Save your games as .mat files
-No permissions needed
-Completely free (no ads)
-AI can resign on hopeless positions
-Undo moves

Ratings and reviews

This is a great app. The game engine is very good. The app would be better still if the board graphic could be improved. The white background can be a strain to have to look at for a long time. It would also be useful if the app could export game moves in the TAVLI format in the same way as is done in the desktop version of this program. Also, a doubling cube would attract more interest from the Backgammon playing community.

Excellent game that is fairly easy on the battery, plays nicely, and isn't biased. Comparable to XG mobile. Nice to see Tavli variants as opposed to straight Backgammon. No adverts! Couple of suggestions: The settings are lost everytime you leave the game (why do i need the sounds turned back on or the slower animations?) The animation could be a lot quicker.

app seems incredibly lucky/i'll take your word for it, maybe the dice didn't love me.

What’s new

This new version brings improvements and fixes throughout the app - and some great new features too!

* One-sided bearoff database brings near-perfect play to bearoff positions
* Plakoto PinDB databases are now active
* Option to save the game/match played as a .mat file.