Like the game but a human vs human setting would be nice
10 March 2014
s
23 February 2014
I have been playing this game for about five months and have enjoy it. But it has become obvious that the roll of dice is not truly random but has been programmed to roll in the computer's advantage. Even in the opening roll to determine who has the first move, it appears as if the computer wins at least 70 % of the time and more often then not the roll is a 6-4, 5-3, 4 - 3 or 3-2 rarely a move to expose the computer "man" piece to a hit. Or at the end of the game the computer rolls doubles. But when I expose one of my pieces to an opponent, more often than not the computer rolls what it need to hit this exposed piece.
27 November 2013
When the game works, I enjoy it. But the interface with Surface is very buggy. It freezes the system all the time. Like 3 minutes ago & now will post this & then reboot.
27 September 2013
UPDATE: Scam move developer! You offer a free game and then turn around and convert it to Backgammon Premium trial. Bait and switch doesn't work for me - uninstalled.
Original: One of the few backgammon games on ANY platform that is fair. My only complaint is that there seems to be a bug in the statistics - it shows the matches played as zero where I have play well over a dozen.
23 May 2013
great!!
30 January 2013
NIce game
5 January 2013
Typical, graphically decent game. AI is good... BUT! I swear there are periods where the natural dice roll is altered. 5 doubles in row?? Multiple times??? Also, the algorithm for doubling requires improvement - it seems that the AI only tales score into account. I can double the game with the first 6 slots blocked, be losing in points but with CLEAR advantage, and the AI will redouble. Minor issues, otherwise good.
8 December 2012
I downloaded this app before they sell them for a price. Saved USD 2.99!!!
6 December 2012
it's pretty fun good graphics
3 December 2012
I would improve graphics.. current one.. ehh
28 November 2012
Crashed
26 November 2012
Love the graphics, but this is a really poor implementation of backgammon. It has a very weak AI that uses fixed dice rolls in an attempt to make up for lack of intelligence, and scoring doesn't account for gammons and backgammons. Hard to believe they're actually charging for this.
15 November 2012
it is a joke not a backgammon premium because that crap in not open after restart my computer !
4 November 2012
Would be 4 stars if the undo didn't allow unlimited undo.
30 October 2012
This game has serious flaws, that have gone unfixed for a while:
* The computer will always accept doubles early in the game.
* Gammons and backgammons don't result in extra points. This is just wrong.
* If you don't like the computer's roll, just undo and it will re-roll!
* The computer's endgame play is seriously flawed. (It just moved 5,1 instead of 1,5 and missed hitting me.) This alone makes it not fun.
* The stats never show a match as being complete.
This game can use a big update.
6 October 2012
Game itself seems nice, yet rolling dices for 1st move is difficult-just a bug there?
And - why cannot I play w my friends either on-line, or just on same touch-screen?
1 October 2012
Most excellent game! Very fun to play and challenging! Highly recommend this to any backgammon lovers out there!
27 September 2012
The developer put this game up for free, not as shareware, but as free ie. gratis.
My son downloaded it and when my daughter saw it then she went on her account to download it as well.
Now a price is appended to the product.
Shareware is one thing. Morphing a free product into a sale product is not something Microsoft should be supporting.
I have a daughter who says the Microsoft Store is unfair. I can't stop her...
MS needs to stop developers from gaming clients.
26 September 2012
An app that looks finished/polished, works, and is fun to play.
24 September 2012
NO COMMENT
24 September 2012
this game was free....then stopped working ....uninstall - when I want to reinstall it it costs 2$ ...shame on you and Microsoft for removing the original internet backgammon
21 September 2012
Really nice and addictive game. I'd just wish for more personalization, i.e. the token can only be black or white, why not adding more colors?
18 September 2012
No resign option, cheats, no manual entering dices ..
18 September 2012
Its a good game, but unfortunately it obviously cheats with dice roll.
Especially at the end of the game it will typically get doubles more than 1/2 its rolls; or if it needs but 1 combination of dice then that is what it will get another 1/2 the time.
It would have been better for the designers to work on improving game logic instead of trying to make up for bad logical moves by cheating with the dice.
13 September 2012
match does not work does not show in stats
11 September 2012
Very nice game works great.
Please keep this free App.
9 September 2012
Playing on "Hard" I am smoking my opponent every time. Watching it play I can see it is making some dumb choices on various plays. Please make it a more realistic opponent.
9 September 2012
Developers should learn to write logic without cheating to win!
8 September 2012
piece movement is awkward when using mouse, otherwise the game works great
2 November 2014
Like the game but a human vs human setting would be nice
10 March 2014
s
23 February 2014
I have been playing this game for about five months and have enjoy it. But it has become obvious that the roll of dice is not truly random but has been programmed to roll in the computer's advantage. Even in the opening roll to determine who has the first move, it appears as if the computer wins at least 70 % of the time and more often then not the roll is a 6-4, 5-3, 4 - 3 or 3-2 rarely a move to expose the computer "man" piece to a hit. Or at the end of the game the computer rolls doubles. But when I expose one of my pieces to an opponent, more often than not the computer rolls what it need to hit this exposed piece.
27 November 2013
When the game works, I enjoy it. But the interface with Surface is very buggy. It freezes the system all the time. Like 3 minutes ago & now will post this & then reboot.
27 September 2013
UPDATE: Scam move developer! You offer a free game and then turn around and convert it to Backgammon Premium trial. Bait and switch doesn't work for me - uninstalled. Original: One of the few backgammon games on ANY platform that is fair. My only complaint is that there seems to be a bug in the statistics - it shows the matches played as zero where I have play well over a dozen.
23 May 2013
great!!
30 January 2013
NIce game
5 January 2013
Typical, graphically decent game. AI is good... BUT! I swear there are periods where the natural dice roll is altered. 5 doubles in row?? Multiple times??? Also, the algorithm for doubling requires improvement - it seems that the AI only tales score into account. I can double the game with the first 6 slots blocked, be losing in points but with CLEAR advantage, and the AI will redouble. Minor issues, otherwise good.
8 December 2012
I downloaded this app before they sell them for a price. Saved USD 2.99!!!
6 December 2012
it's pretty fun good graphics
3 December 2012
I would improve graphics.. current one.. ehh
28 November 2012
Crashed
26 November 2012
Love the graphics, but this is a really poor implementation of backgammon. It has a very weak AI that uses fixed dice rolls in an attempt to make up for lack of intelligence, and scoring doesn't account for gammons and backgammons. Hard to believe they're actually charging for this.
15 November 2012
it is a joke not a backgammon premium because that crap in not open after restart my computer !
4 November 2012
Would be 4 stars if the undo didn't allow unlimited undo.
30 October 2012
This game has serious flaws, that have gone unfixed for a while: * The computer will always accept doubles early in the game. * Gammons and backgammons don't result in extra points. This is just wrong. * If you don't like the computer's roll, just undo and it will re-roll! * The computer's endgame play is seriously flawed. (It just moved 5,1 instead of 1,5 and missed hitting me.) This alone makes it not fun. * The stats never show a match as being complete. This game can use a big update.
6 October 2012
Game itself seems nice, yet rolling dices for 1st move is difficult-just a bug there? And - why cannot I play w my friends either on-line, or just on same touch-screen?
1 October 2012
Most excellent game! Very fun to play and challenging! Highly recommend this to any backgammon lovers out there!
27 September 2012
The developer put this game up for free, not as shareware, but as free ie. gratis. My son downloaded it and when my daughter saw it then she went on her account to download it as well. Now a price is appended to the product. Shareware is one thing. Morphing a free product into a sale product is not something Microsoft should be supporting. I have a daughter who says the Microsoft Store is unfair. I can't stop her... MS needs to stop developers from gaming clients.
26 September 2012
An app that looks finished/polished, works, and is fun to play.
24 September 2012
NO COMMENT
24 September 2012
this game was free....then stopped working ....uninstall - when I want to reinstall it it costs 2$ ...shame on you and Microsoft for removing the original internet backgammon
21 September 2012
Really nice and addictive game. I'd just wish for more personalization, i.e. the token can only be black or white, why not adding more colors?
18 September 2012
No resign option, cheats, no manual entering dices ..
18 September 2012
Its a good game, but unfortunately it obviously cheats with dice roll. Especially at the end of the game it will typically get doubles more than 1/2 its rolls; or if it needs but 1 combination of dice then that is what it will get another 1/2 the time. It would have been better for the designers to work on improving game logic instead of trying to make up for bad logical moves by cheating with the dice.
13 September 2012
match does not work does not show in stats
11 September 2012
Very nice game works great. Please keep this free App.
9 September 2012
Playing on "Hard" I am smoking my opponent every time. Watching it play I can see it is making some dumb choices on various plays. Please make it a more realistic opponent.
9 September 2012
Developers should learn to write logic without cheating to win!
8 September 2012
piece movement is awkward when using mouse, otherwise the game works great