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Backgammon Premium

  • Category Board, Dice
  • Publisher Trivial Technology
  • Release 03/08/2010
  • Version 2.2
  • Size 9.0 MB
Available

Also on iPad

Backgammon Premium

Play the #1 Backgammon game on the App Store! Now with Plus+ integration! Win awards, compete for leaderboard glory and challenge your friends with the Plus+ network.

**Nominated for "Best Dice Game" of 2009 in the 2009 Best App Ever Awards hosted by bestappever.com!**

With 6 unique board designs and a host of great features, including support for the Nackgammon and Old English game variants, Backgammon Premium offers the best Backgammon experience on the App Store. Let us know what you think! Write us at support@trivialtechnology.com to give us your opinion on the latest update!

Play the *ONLY* backgammon game on the App Store with integrated Bluetooth Peer to Peer support. Play with your friends over Bluetooth with no network required! You can also play against the computer in either Easy, Medium or Hard difficulties.

What reviewers have to say:“Backgammon Premium is the creme-de-la-creme 'gammon”, 9 out of 10 Stars – AppAddicts.com

Features include:
- Play with one of 6 great board designs. Playing on the history of the game, we've included designs for 5 major periods in history. The board choices are: Egyptian, Roman, Medieval, Victorian, Modern and Classic.
- We also support Matches. You can now play single games or play to 3, 5, 9 or 15 points. The Match support is implemented using the Crawford rule.
- We've improved our AI's algorithm, both for doubling decisions and for moves. Pegging the new AI against our previous Hard implementation, it wins over 70% of the games.
- Multiple moves support. You no longer need to move each dice, one at a time, you can now move to the final point in a single tap.
- New setting to invert the game board.
- New setting to disable the dice roll animation.
- Custom numerical-theory-based random number generator with multiple independent sequences for each die to maximize randomness and ensure fairness.
- Doubling games
- Move-assist - highlights available moves
- Single player games against the computer
- On the phone Multi-Player and Blue-tooth peer to peer games.
- Optionally plays sound effects during game play.
- Three levels of difficulty : Easy, Medium and Hard.
- Game statistics, including Dice rolls.
- Play as either Black or White Tokens.
- Indicates current Pip count for each player.
- Unlimited undo functionality in single-player games

About Plus+
Plus+ is a division of ngmoco that brings externally developed titles to the App Store. The Plus+ Network is a social play service free to players that harnesses the iPhone OS 3.0 technology and enables players to create a persistent profile, challenge friends via social channels, compete for leaderboard glory, participate in game events and discover new games.
http://www.plusplus.com

Leaderboard Snapshot
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Backgammon Easy Backgammon

  1. 6

    1 pummeluff01 15970

  2. 307

    2 jrbond64 15780

  3. 1

    3 elionna 7760

  4. 133

    4 seashore495 6295

  5. 309

    5 dbulck 6075