Backgammon Legends 17+

I luvd this game until....

I was looking for a good backgammon game. This one was lookin good until I made that decision to buy credits. I spent very little but it did the trick. I was winning at least 40% of the time, and when I lost, I didn’t feel like it was really unfair. The other ‘player’ wasn’t spankin me. When the other ‘player’ needed a 2 to take my peg, they always didn’t get it. Though I knew the dice weren’t random, I still felt uncreated. Then.... I spent. Played only 2 games before I’m writing this review. Why? Now I’m gettin shanked. The 2nd game, my opponent rolled double 6s every other roll totally 4 sets of double 6s. Who can compete w that? All the while I have 2 pegs on the bar. When they got there, my opponent had 4 slots open. I rolled 6/2 4 times in a row, then of course w the double 6s all the oen slots filled fast. Also, rarely did my opponent ask for 2xs before I spent and if they did it was at an appropriate time. After I spent, it was right out the gate. Now, I could get jumping the gun w this review. If doesn’t continue this way, I’ll update this review. I doubt I’ll be coming back here though. So, play and enjoy, don’t spend money if u do. I get once u spend, the developers know at that point ur willing to and will do what’s necessary to make u spend more. They should’ve left the game as it was, I would spend more on a game that’s fair, then one that cheats me.

Developer Response ,

Hi ,
We are sorry to hear about your experince. There is no dice manipulation at all in the game, dices are generated using a fair cryptographically secure random generation system. After a certain amount of rolls, you can see your dice roll statistics from your profile in the main menu. Also, please contact us at contact@ahoygames.com for the issues you are having. We hope you keep enjoying our game!Thanks! ♥♥

Not Such A Good Game

Game is full of bots and very predictable. You can tell early on by the miraculous rolls your opponent gets that there’s very little chance you’re going to win. They will get whatever roll they need to hit any of your chips you’ve had to leave unprotected…yet they leave unprotected chips all over the board because they know your rolls won’t hit theirs!

The worst part of this game is that is doesn’t pay Gammons if your opponent resigns. You can already be putting chips into the Home Slot and opponent is blocked and has chips scattered on the board…but if they resign, you only get the reward of a standard win??!! Totally messed up!!

I thought this game might be a nice alternative to Backgammon Live but at least Backgammon Live pays Gammons when they are due!

Rigged dice

It’s been a year since I’ve played and nothing has changed. The rigged dice gets old. I know, I know, the developers use a “random dice generator” that is rated “fair” but it’s just not statistically possible. There is no skill required when your opponent gets perfect rolls every time. Over half of my games start with the exact same three beginning dice rolls for my opponent: 6:1, 6:5, then another 6:5. There is nothing random about this kind of start. After this, it’s a frenzy of the right doubles and rolls to never leave them vulnerable but to always get perfect rolls to hit you. THEN, once you’re in jail, guess what? You roll constant double sixes (which blocks you) or a 6 and some other number that is blocked. Real dice don’t roll like this because they’re real. The algorithm for the rolls in this game or any other backgammon game I’ve found all have the dice heavily favor the opponent. I don’t mind losing but to have the exact same start to more than half my games with the first 3 rolls being the same is highly suspect. I quit significantly more games than I finish because of the reoccurring beginning rolls my opponent gets. It gets old. Other reviewers experience similar statistically impossible rolls frequently so it’s not a “luck” issue, it’s an algorithm issue.