Absolute Backgammon 4+

Is it me or does the computer roll an incredible amount of doubles constantly? Also, if there are 4 spaces open for me to get back in you can be sure I will roll the wrong ones all the time. Isn’t there a backgammon game that you can play with the computer that has truly random rolls?

I have been playing Absolute Backgammon on an iPad, a laptop and remotely with a friend for well over a year. Contrary to claims that it is rigged, the game is completely random and fair. I have played hundreds of games; sometimes the dice break your way and sometimes they do not, just like in real life. For one thing it is a fabulous learning tool for a novice or experienced player given that you can play at various levels and ask for suggested moves. This feature also allows you to learn to avoid blunders. Any claim that the game cheats is childish and absurd. There is no incentive whatsoever for David to create a game that is not fair and random. To the contrary he is a very skilled and talented programmer and constantly accepts input and works to improve the game and a players experience. This is a terrific value, the best Backgammon game I have come across. In short, it is a beautiful implementation of a valuable learning tool. Ignore the shallow childish negative reviews.

I never play against the computer so I don’t have to deal with the issues I’m reading about the computer cheating. I purchased this game to play against friends remotely and it works fairly well remotely. My only issue and it sounds like I’m the only one that has this issue. More times than not the player who picks white statistically over multiple games gets the better rolls. At first I thought okay the person I’m playing for lucky a few times and got the perfect rolls right when they needed them. But it was happening too often. Not every time but more times than not. Finally I started keeping track of the doubles and acey deucy rolls and it’s about 30-70 and I played different friends about 100 times. I didn’t get this to play the computer only to play friends remotely. I know there can be a certain amount of luck to a game I just want to feel it’s more of a random roll and that isn’t the case. I still give it 3 stars.