Beware

I am disappointed in Zynga. They are one of the best for games, graphics, etc. However I’m pretty sure the game is rigged as all the backgammon games are. But I do know a rather shoddy thing that Zynga does. If you click on a $500 game you get a message that says you are too good for this game and you are immediately locked into a $100,000 game. This has happened to me twice. Like all games, all they want is to keep you watching their videos, keep you playing and make money. I understand that. But it would be wonderful to find a straight company out there.

Understand the Game is Rigged

Update on review: The game has gone from rigged to just outright theft of your money. Now on top of paying for coins (because if you don’t you lose) they have added advertisements. Even for something as minor as redeeming the 375 coins you get every four hours. BTW, the minimum game is 1000 coins. Then if you buy more, they prohibit you from playing games at a lower coin bet than they think you should. For example, if you buy a million coins and want to play the 5000 coin game, they won’t let you. They make you play the 50,000 coin game. So why buy more. Now they have made another update to rip you off. If you log in everyday you get a bonus. Twice in a week you get a free 2500 coin game and a free 5000 coin game. However, now they have put a time limit on using the free game! This is ridiculous and the loss of players is probably why they have started charging for everything and added advertisements. The game works fine and it is fun to play what appears to be real people. What you have to understand though is that the game is engineered so that you have to constantly buy coins. I can understand a game that needs to pay their engineers. However this game is setup so that if it has been two weeks without a purchase you will lose consistently so you run out of coins. In addition, you don’t win all the comics bet. Only ninety percent gross or 80% net. So if you win a game and lose a game you are net down on coins.

Unfair payouts

This game isn’t terrible but I really don’t like the payout structure. If you quit before you have a checker off the board you are charged at least a gammon(you lose double stakes) but your opponent would only receive single stakes winnings. Also let’s say you’re at a 250k table, you have 8 million in your bank and your opponent has zero left in his. If you gammon your opponent you get 250k minus 10% but if you’re opponent gammons you they 500k minus 10%. The dice are not the greatest but that’s all online dice imo. The statistical info presented isn’t great but better than most mobile backgammon apps. Not a fan of having to email any complaints or to report any players or bugs, there should be an in game messaging service for this, or just a way to flag a game for dev review. Don’t like a lot of the themed boards especially at the lower tables. Don’t like that there are minimum stakes when there are plenty of player of similar ratings to play. For example I can’t play at a table lower than 250k until my bank gets lower even though there are plenty of player of skill level playing lower money tables.

What a joke!!

I’ve played backgammon for years n years ( actual board game) I consider myself pretty good and competitive. After loving this app for several wks now I’m convinced most players are bots. Never a picture on profile and no name just initials EVERYTIME I get in a good position to win my opponent ALWAYS ALWAYS rolls double 6’s. 3 doubles sixes in a row. Back to back games this has happened. I predicted it and had my hubs watch and sure enough. They always seem to roll exactly what they need to get me and most of the time they’re all piled up so I can’t get out. Hey App developers… do you have to be so obvious? Why can’t I choose the player I want to play? Why do you choose that for me? The algorithm stinks on this one! Graphics are good but this game is frustrating so I’m done with it. Gin Rummy plus at least gives you options of choosing your opponent’s and you can actually chat briefly w ppl. Profile pictures make me know it’s a real person. If you like to lose to Bots then thus game is for you! I recently went to look at reviews Lo n behold most reviews have confirmed what I suspected. What a waste of my time!!! Deleting today!!!

wholly upsell batman

Wow this game sure does confront you with a bunch of in-app purchases where it kind of disguises the “no”/“close offer” button. Also, I guess they are paying some people to play it or something (or, maybe paying some other company to increase number of players, and this other company responds by just paying people to “play” it? Idk), in the hope that these people will invite others in order to get past the delay timers in order to get paid, and so get more paying users that way, but having this inviting actually get the person who did the invite their reward appears to require facebook sign-in. All-in-all this seems to me like whale-farm trash. FTR I don’t actually know how to play the backgammon, and was just asked to install it for the aforementioned in-game-token-reward by a friend of mine, so, it isn’t like I was really in the target audience, which is why I gave this 2 stars instead of 1 star. But, in any case, this game was not made with respect for the player in mind.

Totally unrealistic dice rolls, give up!

This game’s dice rolls are off the wall! The number of doubles rolled in a game are unbelievably high, I’ve had 4 sets in one game while bearing off! But the rolls that the opponents get are ridiculous. Perfect rolls to hit me over and over again, and again, and again. Doubles when bearing off on a regular basis. If I 2x the game, they immediately get high doubles and perfect rolls to shut me out. It’s a shame, because this is a beautifully laid out screen experience. Great graphics, ads but not so many I want to scream (and quick ones too), but the frustration of the improbable dice rolls has done me in. I’m a long time player, and I’ve had enough. Deleting the game.

Rigged, worst game ever

This is the most rigged game that I have ever played. If you are looking for a fair game, then don’t download this. This game has one objective and that’s to take as much money from you as possible. Your “opponents” will get exactly the numbers they need, while you get a descent roll every once in a while. If your opponent takes one of your pieces and has 5 and 6 covered then you will roll double 6s, double 5s or 5 and 6. The only numbers that you can’t use is what you will roll. If you have a single piece, they will roll the exact numbers needed to take your piece. Absolutely the most rigged thing I have ever played. Avoid this and download something fair.

Starts off fair

In the beginning, it works well, and you get a nice spread of wins & losses. Then, the game starts getting all of the doubles. When you do get them, it’s small doubles like 1’s and 2’s while the game gets high doubles. I have seen it change my die from 6 to 4 many times. Later in the game, if you try to double the winnings or the game dies, rest assured, you will lose. It will give you little numbers where you have singles on the board which will quickly be bumped. You rarely get to bump their singles. In the last probably 20 games, I have won one, where I was winning a lot of games earlier. Just like all the other backgammon games. I expected better from Zynga!

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