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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*
From user requests, Cpu will now be able to double beyond the point that this does not impact win/loss.
★ New added level 8 with improved doubling and bearing off.
★ New optional faster move input.
★ New option to confirm end of turn.
4.33: Drag and drop in Two-Tap mode is now a separate option in the Options screen.
★ New added level 8 with improved doubling and bearing off.
★ New optional faster move input.
★ New option to confirm end of turn.
4.33: Drag and drop in Two-Tap mode is now a separate option in the Options screen.
★ New added level 8 with improved doubling and bearing off.
★ New optional faster move input.
★ New option to confirm end of turn.
4.33: Drag and drop in Two-Tap mode is now a separate option in the Options screen.
Updated SDKs.
Further adjustments to ads for our own apps.
Reduced refresh rate of ads for our own apps.
Update to correct oversight in last version, that would have impacted level 7.
We have added a game review option and a "Manual Seed" option. Using "Manual Seed" gives you control over dice rolls without having to use "Manual Dice", allowing you to replay the same game as often as you like, and allowing you to prove the validity of the dice.
Small tweaks, including an option to choose a smaller end of round stats popup.
Fully expanded statistics so you can track lifetime and match stats. Compare recent dice rolls with your lifetime stats!
Fully expanded statistics so you can track lifetime and match stats. Compare recent dice rolls with your lifetime stats!
Further adjustments to doubling after recent major improvement update to levels 6 and 7.
Significant improvements to both levels 6 and 7!
Ad related updates, with increased minimum time between full screen ads.
Improved doubling handling and substantially improved 1-point match play. Using doubling to force resign in 1-point match no longer supported.
Tweaks for Samsung tablets to try to avoid a Samsung bug whilst it's fixed.
Minor fixes
Minor fixes
Engine bug fix in levels 6 and 7
Improving bearing off and resign decisions
We're changing our app names in line with new Google Play policies: "Backgammon Free" is now "Backgammon". "Backgammon" (paid version) is now "Backgammon Pro".
Fixes bug that could cause a round of stats to be lost.
Backgammon now has 2 AI game engines! The new AI adds levels 6 and 7 for stronger play!
Workaround for possible WebView bug on Android 9
Minor fixes
The app no longer requests Storage permission for stats backup, so therefore stats no longer automatically backup. Instead there are now import and export stats options on the stats screen. Most users were not accepting the storage permission, and this new method of importing/exporting stats can be used without that permission.
Minor UI changes
Re-balanced AI to make much stronger bear-off play and weakened opening play for lower levels
Minor updates
Ad stability improvements
Minor fixes
Improvements to ad code
Fixes minor UI issues on Android 9
Fixes potential issue with stats backup on Android Oreo
Fixes formatting issues with some languages, updates to ad software
2.241: Ad stability improvements
- Ad stability improvements- Fixes rare issue where rounds won recorded in the stats can become out of sync
2.231: Ad stability improvements
2.23: Ad stability improvements