Backgammon Gold 4+

I've paid for the full version and am absolutely hooked up! The only issue which is very annoying is that sometimes it would time you out showing the message disconnected from server and you would loose the game and respectively your elo points will be reduced.

In latest version the sound setting is broken. You have to use the phone volume control which affects everything, not just the game.

Currently the free version is ruined by full screen ads which will not clear. There is an X to close them but it takes multiple taps to work. Very frustrating as ads pop up frequently. I’d buy the game if it wasn’t for the blatant cheating.

Annoyingly, when it offers you a double it obscures the board. Why should you have to evaluate the position from memory? Please fix this. Such pop ups don’t have to be full screen.

When you have to acknowledge who won the first throw this also comes up in a grey window covering the board. It looks and feels clunky. In single player mode there is no need for this either.

It cheats in a predictable way when you get sent to the bar. The dice rolls are loaded against your return to play in a consistent way. The expert opponent has no such difficulty when in the same position.

The dice roll will give you a fair share of high doubles but suspiciously often they come up when you can't use them. Probability always seems stacked in the opponent's favour at higher difficulty levels.

If you accept a double you can guarantee the opponent will get a couple of high doubles or exactly the throw it needs for best effect.

If it didn't cheat and the doubling issue was fixed I'd give it five stars. With ads as they are it’s now two stars.

A.I doesn't exist with this game.
Difficult levels are set with its loaded dice not its skill level. If difficult level is set at hard 50% then you'll only win 72.5% of the time like I have. It gets too many doubles in the game. Where as your allocated yours at the end when your loading your counters into the bank. If you win the opening and throw a 5+4 or a 6+3 then 95% of the time it will take your counter. So always use 2 counters with the one roll unless your making it safe by doubling a piece up. People have been complaining about the adverts. This doesn't bother me as the author has to get his payment. My complaint is the blatant cheating. They're can't be many people playing this game as I've only ever played 2 people online. It best you stick online and play humans but it's finding them! Far and few. Over all it's near bug free but the cheating is pathetic. I don't think I'll carry playing this game here. Good luck. Leo