Magical strategy-changing dice – Aw Craps! Review

As mentioned in a lot of reviews, it seems that this game goes out of its way to make you lose—which is really, really weird because it’s not like you’re actually betting anything. There are no in-app purchases, etc. so why not let us play with true probability? If you have a betting strategy, it will not succeed in this app. It really seems like the game will adjust rolls to make sure your strategy loses, like this is a Mortal Kombat-style fighting game or something and not a simulation of a real-wold dice game. For an easy example, make field bets and see how many 5, 6, 7, 8 rolls you get in a row. Don’t Pass/Don’t Come bets will never, ever succeed if they land on a 5. Put down a couple Buy or Place bets at the same time, and watch how fast a 7 gets rolled. And on and on. Whatever you do, the dice will usually land on whatever makes you lose the most. It feels silly complaining that a game is rigged when you neither bet nor win anything real, and where you can take out more, infinite imaginary money at any time, but the pattern is undeniable after playing this with any regularity. It’s unfun and baffling all at once. That all being said, it looks good, plays well, and is really easy to navigate, lightyears ahead of pretty much all other Craps apps. It’s fantastic for learning or teaching how to play Craps, especially with the ability to manually choose what the roll is so you can see/demonstrate what happens. It’s just a shame that the developer decided for whatever reason to make it so that in standard play the dice are sentient and out to get you.
Review by The Scott on Aw Craps!.