Backgammon Online 3 App Reviews

too glitchy to rate higher than 3 stars.

Ive been using this for months now to play on FIBS and Ive been very impressed with this app. I think it is very cleverly written and does everything I need it to. In "expert" mode you can type commands right into the fibs terminal if you want to. I love how well it is integrated into find and gives you a players repot rep. The laptop software I previously used didnt do this.

Ever since this latest version on 9/4 the app will crash unexpectedly during a match or fail to launch by not logging in to FIBS. And each time you try to select the settings option "switch direction" the app immediately quits.

new update is full of glitches. Login issues, ghost shadows on the board, sometimes only displays 2 of your tiles at the start of a match. BBBAAAADDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked this app a lot before the update. No longer works. Wont login.

Very disappointed. Unable to log in and play. Its a rip off

I was a FIBS player for a long time, and its been nearly impossible for my sister and me to play backgammon long-distance until now. Im so jazzed to be able to tell her about this in the morning. Thanks, Golde, for bringing this interface into the mainstream here and in the Mac app store. Much appreciated.

To offer previous comments about crashes or login problems, I want to mention that the developers seem to have worked out the kinks. My app never crashes nor does it have login problems. That said, here are my other comments, pro and con Pro - As opposed to many BG apps where u play against a computer program, here you are playing real people all over the world. You can chat while playing, create a friends list, rate players according to their honesty (sadly some players drop out of a game rather than lose), know the skill level of a player, etc. Playing against people is way more fun than playing against a computer program. Con - Fibs uses a weighted scoring system that aids low scorers and hinders high scorers, ostensibly to try to even the playing field. I dont agree with this one bit. You should get credited the points you win and debit the points you lose. Con -Fibs will deny this but after playing on fibs for about a year, I can categorically affirm that the dice is not random. I can predict when doubles will be rolled given a particular board setup and player action. Con - Theres no app support. No way to offer feedback or report problems. Overall, I still give the app 4 stars because Ive had such fun connecting and playing backgammon with people all over the world.

There are a dearth of online ways to play backgammon against real opponents, so it is tempting to play BGOnline2 just to play backgammon, but there are problems with the system that outweigh this to such a degree I rate it 1/5 and do not recommend it. First, the community cliquish. Most importantly though is that the dice are very peculiar - weird enough to wonder what is going on, but you do not have the data to answer the question. Calling the dice random does not address this because no one is looking at stats that take into account the context of the game - that is, if I roll doubles when I need them, but you roll doubles when you are on the bar and cannot get in - there is nothing random about that, but it may appear so because the overall quantity of doubles is even and may even be close to the expected random variable value. No one addresses this and the conversations can get quite rude and arrogant. I would love to find another system because there is something off in a way that very creep about FIBS and this client program. Sorry.

I have been very happy with this app for a long time - it is by far the most convenient way to get to FIBS that I have seen. Recently the app started crashing every time I open it. I can only assume this is some incompatibility with iOS 7. If this gets fixed then my review would be 5 stars.

The interface to using chat while playing is not good. However for playing FIBS its just fine.

Its hard to find other players.

This app is fantastic. As a front end to the FIBS server, I always have people or bots to play with. The interface is intuitive, snappy, and very stable.

The dice are not random. One of the players is constantly getting doubles while the other has the worst possible roll. Virtually impossible to play against a bot and win no matter what level the odds are stacked against you. Need to randomize the rolls and stop giving one player or a bot continual doubles. Horribly ran and operated.

This is the best backgammon app out there. The latest revision made the in-game options a lot smoother. It would be great if the player reps (from repbot) could be displayed in the invite list along with the ratings and experience data.

Beautifully rendered app, but way too many bots. Waaaaaay too many bots. Ridiculous amount. And there is something weird about the game. Cant explain it. Youll see once you start playing with other people.