Backgammon NJ
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $4.99 | Jimmy Hu | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
{ Real-time } Play online in real-time
{ Turn-based } Play online at your own pace
● VERSATILE -- Play offline vs. computer or against another person in 2-player mode
● CUSTOMIZABLE -- More options than any other backgammon app
Play & learn backgammon at skill levels ranging from beginner to world-class!
Backgammon NJ is a full-featured game which uses an advanced, neural network-based, artificial intelligence. Play against a computer AI, another person in 2-player mode on one device, or online against friends & other players. Using Tutor Mode & Hints, Backgammon NJ can show you how to improve your game!
Discriminating players will appreciate how well the AI plays. It uses a neural network trained on millions of positions, a bearoff database, & a match equity table to achieve strong gameplay that will challenge even expert players.
REVIEWS
"[I] know strong bg play when I see it. This app is the strongest iPhone bg app I've played with by far. It does not cheat period. ...Analyzing these matches with eXtreme Gammon confirms a world class level of play with normal luck factors. If you are losing, get over it. So would 99.9% of the other backgammon players in the world. It is just that good. Learn from it." -Richard Munitz, Giant of Backgammon, #21 world ranking in 2009
"Backgammon NJ plays at an extremely high level with an excellent interface, and I often use it to practice on my iPhone when I am traveling. I recommend it highly to my students and friends." -Phil Simborg, Professional Backgammon Teacher and Player, www.mindgamescenter.com
"I've played over 500 games now; I've checked about 5% of these against World Class Desktop programs (GNU, BGBlitz); and I've actually used some of the competition. NJ has the best interface and has more useful functions than any other backgammon apps out there."
"For serious backgammon players, Backgammon NJ is the way to go." -Macworld.com, May 2012
IS THIS GAME RIGHT FOR YOU?
This game is best for people:
• Who recognize the strength of neural network backgammon bots
• Who want to improve their game by playing against a world-class level AI
• Who will use the in-depth, technical features included in the app to prove that it is honest (http://www.njsoftware.com/note.html)
• Who won't expect to win consistently on the higher skill levels
FEATURES
• Neural network-based AI
• 2 game types: Standard Backgammon or Nackgammon
• 4 skill levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert
• Customizable board design & checker colors
• Mersenne Twister algorithm for random number generation
• Doubling cube
• Single games or match play up to 25 points
• Crawford rule for match play
• 1-player mode vs. computer
• 2-player mode on one device
• Game Center: Play real-time or turn-based online matches with friends & other players
• Chat with your online opponent
• Online Elo & Experience leaderboards
• Block list for auto-match
• User-friendly, tap-to-move interface
• Highlighted checker movement options
• Hint & Undo
• Learn with Status Meter & Tutor Mode
• Game & dice stats, including Elo rating & ER
• Match info: GnuBG ID, win chances, equity, top 10 moves, & cube decisions
• Email match files
• Practice mode with unlimited undo (1-player vs. computer)
• Manual match recording mode with unlimited undo & speed mode option
• Options to reverse board direction, resign, use one-tap moves, auto bearoff, auto finish, use Jacoby rule, & much more
• Match analysis (in-app purchase): Analyze past match files, view moves & errors for match, step through match, jump to position, play from position, save match files permanently
IMPORTANT
• If an online match ends for any reason, you'll receive the Elo pts you deserve. FAQ: http://gamecenter.njsoftware.com
• Online match disconnect info: http://bit.ly/1vpw553
• We can't respond to reviews. Contact us directly: http://contact.njsoftware.com
Reviews
Hu is a cheater
hu cheats
This game is rigged in computer mode. There are some good players. In computer mode it hurts your game to practice on it. Don’t waste your money
Best BG game I’ve found!
Penisman8
I’ve tried free BG apps that try to sell you “coins” or “tokens” after they try to get you hooked. Those programs are rigged IMO... This program has no agenda like that. Try it out... I thought I was a decent player, but this app has showed me I still have much to learn.. Whoever wrote this program is a f’in genius!
Helped me pass my field sobriety test...!
Pasul82
My BAC hurdled the legal limit while still at work— I’m a grade school teacher. Anyhoo, it wasn’t so much the Dutch courage as the psychotropic chasers that our chemistry teacher was speed-funneling down my gullet. In seconds I was transported to the Cambrian era to watch dinosaurs ossify. When I came to, patriotic lighting saturated my car. I thought of the Battle of Baltimore, but was stirred by the bright diodes of a police flashlight. “Sir, can you hear me? I’m gonna ask that you step outta the car.” “Why don’t you holster that light stick, officer before I use it for an anal self-exploratory...” The next sequence went blurrily fast but finalized with my teeth getting flossed on his shoelaces and the zip-click of metal on my wrist-bones. I was cooked for sure. Just then... “Wait a minute. Did you just point on a blot in BGNJ?” With my mouth drooling, I weakly saw him fixed on my iPhone. “Yeah.” “Then you gotta bear off, hoss!” The rest is “point”-less blather.
Satisfied
Mystery Base
Unsatisfied that dice rolls are scripted and predetermined. Unrealistic combinations and repeat doublets are a source of consternation. Needs real-time dice rolling algorithm! After several hundred games I feel I am improving, albeit slowly. Wish there was more strategic guidance or tables of rolls/percentages to reference (though pointless the way dice are implemented here). Online can be okay though plagued by amateurs doubling at odd times, preoccupied with accumulating match points and not focused on the game in front of them. Some players slow to move or abandon games- should be penalty/forfeit here. Maybe this is implemented, it’s been along while since I played online. There are good books on the game which detail strategy and risk management. I suggest looking into them and playing on a real board to fully realize what a nice pastime this addictive game can be.
Laughable
nursenancy23
The AI is very realistic in its rolls. I suspect it’s a relative of HAL 9000.
Fun but Cruel
Hihosteveareno
The gameplay and interface are excellent. For me, the best backgammon interface in the store. However, the settings are confusing and poorly worded, and it took a while to figure out what would work best for me. Many users have complained about the random rolls the computer gives itself and the player. I have to agree, no matter how the developer substantiates the algorithm. In any mode from medium or higher, rolls become frustrating. Sometimes you get on a realistic streak, but often you’ll get many poor rolls in a row. So if you want to have fun playing backgammon, set this to the easy mode, otherwise it might become frustrating.
Doesn’t cheat
waniac666
Bunch of sore losers in here. Print out the dice roll. Play it going first and second. Bet the computer will still beat you on expert. Put the dice roll into another hard engine. Bet it will still beat you. The developer has gone to incredible lengths to prove this that the dice roll is random. What would be his motivation for a cover-up? Makes no sense! Don’t listen to these people. Computer is way rough but doesn’t cheat.
If your into self-flagellation. . .
Frank Emfbo
Jump on board the player vs. computer mode. The rolls the ai throws are silly. If you can get through five games w/o becoming frustrated - you’re a better person than me. Been playing backgammon for the better part of three decades and maybe once in that time I’ve seen an opponent get on a run like the ai has every fourth game or so.
Best backgammon game available
gupta finelli
The graphics aren’t as snazzy nor are the sound effects as crisp as some other BG games but there is no equal to the uniquely realistic gameplay in BGNJ. The AI is superb, the gameplay is fair. Any reports of “rigging of the dice” is a delusion in the mind of the player. Tutor modes and game analysis allow you to see your errors and really improve your game. Another highlight, the “league” of players is small but highly skilled and devoted. Best of all there is no constant “buy in” for chips or coins. You buy the game once and that’s it. The rest is playing and improving your ER. There is a crashing issue that seems to be a function of Game Center, so says the developer. It’s still the best game out there. One suggestion: open up the microphone. Then players could talk to each other in real time. Would save typing in the chat window and would make the game very social.
