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Backgammon Live™ Board Game
Come2Play · 61,312 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 47 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
24 negative reviews mention this · 51% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Algorithm is a joke!. Began playing this app after trying others due to unrealistic odds and rolls. Seemed to be a decent game for a short while until it was pretty obvious that the dice rolling algorithm is heavily weighted in the other “LIVE” players favor. I …" - Derek0214
2
"rigged"
22 negative reviews mention this · 47% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rigged. Please update your app, rolls are rigged. Is there a version that doesn’t have bull5hit rolls?" - BuddhaHockey
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"rolls"
16 negative reviews mention this · 34% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rigged. Please update your app, rolls are rigged. Is there a version that doesn’t have bull5hit rolls?" - BuddhaHockey
4
"play"
15 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awful. It won’t let you play if you don’t have enough points, they give you a few as a welcome gift which you’ll lose in a blink, and guess how you can get points to play! You have to pay real money to these money thirsty developers." - Pk6485
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"dice"
15 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Algorithm is a joke!. Began playing this app after trying others due to unrealistic odds and rolls. Seemed to be a decent game for a short while until it was pretty obvious that the dice rolling algorithm is heavily weighted in the other “LIVE” players favor. I …" - Derek0214
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"playing"
12 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Algorithm is a joke!. Began playing this app after trying others due to unrealistic odds and rolls. Seemed to be a decent game for a short while until it was pretty obvious that the dice rolling algorithm is heavily weighted in the other “LIVE” players favor. I …" - Derek0214
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"opponent"
11 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Totally fixed.. Almost every role for the opponent is perfectly what they need." - Jdawg Booger
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"coins"
11 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Algorithm is a joke!. Began playing this app after trying others due to unrealistic odds and rolls. Seemed to be a decent game for a short while until it was pretty obvious that the dice rolling algorithm is heavily weighted in the other “LIVE” players favor. I …" - Derek0214
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"backgammon"
11 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dice. Fixed Do not buy coins Dice are fixed You I’ll lose no matter what You should play backgammon Facebook hater dice" - stevdawod
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"doubles"
11 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dice rigged. Too often when you double you start rolling doubles😡 Too often you get exactly what you need to hit your opponent 😡 Why can’t they just use random rolls?" - Arthur56$@35
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"every"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Totally fixed.. Almost every role for the opponent is perfectly what they need." - Jdawg Booger
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"lose"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awful. It won’t let you play if you don’t have enough points, they give you a few as a welcome gift which you’ll lose in a blink, and guess how you can get points to play! You have to pay real money to these money thirsty developers." - Pk6485
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Rigged
Please update your app, rolls are rigged. Is there a version that doesn’t have bull5hit rolls?
Totally fixed.
Almost every role for the opponent is perfectly what they need.
Awful
It won’t let you play if you don’t have enough points, they give you a few as a welcome gift which you’ll lose in a blink, and guess how you can get points to play! You have to pay real money to these money thirsty developers.
Algorithm is a joke!
Began playing this app after trying others due to unrealistic odds and rolls. Seemed to be a decent game for a short while until it was pretty obvious that the dice rolling algorithm is heavily weighted in the other “LIVE” players favor. I am confident the live players are primarily bots and the game is designed to use up your coins so you have to buy more coins to play! This is not a free game. The give you coins to play to start and blast you with purchase ads to buy more as their system throws honestly some of the most comical algorithms on dice rolls I’ve ever seen! Look elsewhere!
Beware Don’t download
BOTS are set up to make you lose, do not waste money on this game!
BOTS
Their reply to my review below (and to any other mentioning some games are fixed) is 100% a lie. Enjoy the app for what it is. Use their nice interface to play against human friends remotely. But use caution with your cash as you are 100% going to come up against bots when you think you’re playing humans.
Nice interface, setup, etc. Fun to play with friends. But I’ve noticed a LOT of bots in the allegedly multi-(human)-player games lately. I never pay for coins for this reason. Not sure why you would anyway, but people do
Nice interface, setup, etc. Fun to play with friends. But I’ve noticed a LOT of bots in the allegedly multi-(human)-player games lately. I never pay for coins for this reason. Not sure why you would anyway, but people do
Most likely rigged to get you to buy coins
Pretty much as the title says
Rigged
There is absolutely no way this game isn’t rigged. I literally “predicted” the first 4 rolls. How? I got the exact same rolls in the game before, as did my opponent. That is statically impossible. As with most rolls in this game. There is no RNG (random number generator) . This game is rigged to make you buy coins to continue play. The developers claim it isn’t, but if you play enough it’s plain it is.
Fake game
I am sure %100 this game is fake and there is many hackers playing, I checked many times, so don’t waste your time by playing this game, it makes you angry and putting you in a bad mood!
Dice
Fixed
Do not buy coins
Dice are fixed
You I’ll lose no matter what
You should play backgammon
Facebook hater dice
Do not buy coins
Dice are fixed
You I’ll lose no matter what
You should play backgammon
Facebook hater dice
Dice Rolls Feel Predictable, Not Random
The game is fun, but the dice rolls do not feel truly random. Before my first purchase, I noticed one clear pattern, and after making a purchase, the pattern seemed to change. It also feels like whenever someone raises the bet, the system gives them the exact dice combination they need. This makes the game feel unfair and less enjoyable.
Suck game
Worse game I have ever played. Favors opponents
They 5 doubles per game
To loose 20 games in a row
Is unheard of. Never seen a worse backgammon
They 5 doubles per game
To loose 20 games in a row
Is unheard of. Never seen a worse backgammon
It’s not random
Completely rigged game
Rigged
If you don’t pay, you don’t get the dice you need, you don’t get doubles, you simply don’t win. After a week of trying it, Into the trash it goes.
Definitely rigged
You will feel like you’re winning, but don’t count on it for long. Been playing backgammon for 40 years this is definitely a rigged pay to play game
Worst Backgammon App
Pros: Aesthetically better than other backgammon apps, and usually less in-app purchase pop-ups than others (4-6 each time you open the app). Cons: Connectivity is often lost mid-game (~30% of the time) causing you to lose the game, purchasing coins increases the amount of coins needed to play, 90% of game results can be determined before the game starts purely based on level (ie. a level 51 will almost always win over a level 50 and receive far better dice. The lower level can be ahead at any time and by any amount, and the game will make up for it by doing something like giving 3 sets of large doubles in a row to the higher level player), no way to get coins or play games beyond waiting a certain amount of time or in-app purchase, and customer service is terrible. 0/10.
This game is fixed
Unless you purchase game currency algorithms of this game is fixed by the developer to make you spend real dollars.
Rigged
Cheat much? This app is very rigged. Look elsewhere if you enjoy backgammon. Why do all backgammon app developers rig the game? Anyone out there willing to create an honest backgammon app?
Totally rigged
Laughable. Don’t expect to win if you play against a middle eastern flag. It’s a joke.
Rigged
I love playing backgammon because it requires strategy. This game however, does not. I just played an opponent who rolled doubles on nearly every roll. Not even fun.
😤
Aren't you ashamed of the cheating methods you use with the players? 🤮
No way dice rolls are random
Opponent gets exactly the roll they need every time. It’s crazy! I play other apps and this one is by far the least random. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying the opponent I’m playing only gets the rolls, I will too. If you want to play an app that makes you absolutely frustrated and want to throw your phone against the wall, this is the one.
Rolls are unrealistic
I was dominating a player before he rolled double 6’s three times in a row and lost. That has a probability of 1 in 46,656, and yet this game decided I had to lose no matter what. Don’t get me started with their blackjack on here…it’s a bad experience.
Rigged
If you just want to play then it the game. But you will lose more than you win.
Rigged game
Tried to play this game for a few days to see if it was just a one time thing but it’s not. Game is rigged that magically the other player always gets the spin they need. I played over 50 games and every game was the same. Somehow they always get the magic number even if it’s a combination of 2 dices.
This game cheats to take your money
There is no “chance” about this game. Any opportunity this game gets it’s bots get the perfect roll of the dice. EVERY TIME. This is a fraud and I’m going to report it. I’ve recorded several hours of this.
Don't invest your time or your money!!!
04/07/26…UPDATE…After 12 years, the game has gotten worse…I started in 2014! It would be the best game around if they didn’t CHEAT!!!
I leave for a few months and come back to it and it’s worse each and every time. I played 7 games in 2 days and only was able to start first (white chips) 1 time!!! I’m still losing at the last minute while my opponent (bot?) gets perfect rolls. I’ve still given them no $$$ since I’ve managed to win a few and accumulate millions in the 12 years I’ve played.
11/2024…I just played my first and only game for today! I was so disgusted that I didn’t want to play another until I “cooled off”! I resigned close to the end because of the obvious cheat/fix…the last 8 rolls of this game, my opponent ROLLED DOUBLE SIXES…6 TIMES while I rolled a double five ONCE! I’ve played this game off and on since 2014, but I quit when it gets like this…and it gets like this frequently! It’s probably because I’m a strictly FREE player…in all these years I have given them NO MONEY!!! My longevity is based on the fact that I’m pretty good at the game IN SPITE OF THE “FIX”. My value to the game is that I am a very good player and make a good opponent to the people who pay to play…because they end up buying coins when they get broke. But 6 DOUBLE SIX rolls in 8 rolls is ridiculous especially using a Random Number Generator!!! Being a mathematics instructor, I know how an RNG works. An RNG would give you random rolls, so your BOT generating a prewritten developer’s response insults my mathematical knowledge AND my knowledge of the game! So……If you were thinking about downloading this one, remember that multiple players are saying the same thing! The other upset players just don’t generally write reviews!!! Don’t download this one! It’s created to push players to purchase coins! Whoever heard of dealer taking a % of your winnings in Backgammon??? In Backgammon, THERE IS NO DEALER!!!
I leave for a few months and come back to it and it’s worse each and every time. I played 7 games in 2 days and only was able to start first (white chips) 1 time!!! I’m still losing at the last minute while my opponent (bot?) gets perfect rolls. I’ve still given them no $$$ since I’ve managed to win a few and accumulate millions in the 12 years I’ve played.
11/2024…I just played my first and only game for today! I was so disgusted that I didn’t want to play another until I “cooled off”! I resigned close to the end because of the obvious cheat/fix…the last 8 rolls of this game, my opponent ROLLED DOUBLE SIXES…6 TIMES while I rolled a double five ONCE! I’ve played this game off and on since 2014, but I quit when it gets like this…and it gets like this frequently! It’s probably because I’m a strictly FREE player…in all these years I have given them NO MONEY!!! My longevity is based on the fact that I’m pretty good at the game IN SPITE OF THE “FIX”. My value to the game is that I am a very good player and make a good opponent to the people who pay to play…because they end up buying coins when they get broke. But 6 DOUBLE SIX rolls in 8 rolls is ridiculous especially using a Random Number Generator!!! Being a mathematics instructor, I know how an RNG works. An RNG would give you random rolls, so your BOT generating a prewritten developer’s response insults my mathematical knowledge AND my knowledge of the game! So……If you were thinking about downloading this one, remember that multiple players are saying the same thing! The other upset players just don’t generally write reviews!!! Don’t download this one! It’s created to push players to purchase coins! Whoever heard of dealer taking a % of your winnings in Backgammon??? In Backgammon, THERE IS NO DEALER!!!
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Don’t do it
I have logged the stats on these guys and this game. It is pure scam. The results are clear. The tactics are clear. DO NOT buy coins. If you enjoy playing there are other apps. If you like this game do not pay in. I will very shortly be filing against them. Probably won’t exist for much longer anyway
Game is totally rigged
I’ve been playing for years. I guess I hit the point when the dice rolls in my opponents favor because I don’t buy coins. I seem to loose every game at the last minute.
Rigged game
Most of the players are bots and will very noticeable! The dice are absolutely rigged!
Not real
When your opponent gets doubles all the time and you are only rolling 1 2. There is something wrong. Not real players.
Rigged dice
Rigged dice
Not a fan
The game isn’t fun when the opponent rolls exactly what they need like clock work every time! They roll low when needed to capture you then high doubles when needed to bring their chips home. You can’t win even with strategy because it’s fixed. I’ll be uninstalling this app
Unfair rolls
I’ve played a lot of platforms searching for at least one that has a fair roll of the dice. SUch a disappointment. I love backgammon and this company take the fun out it all. Sad
Rigged!
Every time you play someone with a middle eastern flag, you will lose. Pay attention.
rigged
dice rolls are goosed with way more doubles than can occur by chance
It’s a rigged game
Imagine playing a backgammon game with great graphics, a huge community, and regular fun updates…sounds great, right? Now imagine that game after game, you are playing well and have it in the bag, when in the last stretch there begins to be a delay in your opponent’s roll, after which they miraculously roll exactly the dice they would need to make an incredibly unlikely comeback. What happened? They have used a “blessing”, i.e. an in-game purchase which “blesses” them with an exceedingly “lucky” roll. Sounds frustrating, irritating, aggravating, right?
I wish they made a version of this without this “feature”, and with truly random dice rolls. The graphics etc. are well done and a lot of fun. Too bad the game itself is a farce.
I wish they made a version of this without this “feature”, and with truly random dice rolls. The graphics etc. are well done and a lot of fun. Too bad the game itself is a farce.
Not Random
Been playing backgammon for the last 5+ decades of life. There is NO WAY that these are random rolls. When a higher level competitor needs double fours or EXACTLY a 6-3; they almost ALWAYS get it. It’s actually laughable! It happens so often - I count on it. Not real. Find a good backgammon club. This is nothing but losers controlling the algorithm. Cue the standard response.
Rigged
Rigged, this game just wants you to pay for coins and will do anything to make you lose if you don't.
When does the algorithm decide you’re just losing
Title says it all. I’m in a losing streak like you wouldn’t believe. Either the opponent rolls exactly what they need to block me in perpetually, or they hit consecutive doubles. Just had a match I was winning, all their chips were stacked on the five and six spots at the end. And then they pull out two double fives, a double three, double one, and double four to beat me by two points. That’s 64 moves in five rolls.
Does the algorithm know I recently leveled up? What even is this bs?!?
Does the algorithm know I recently leveled up? What even is this bs?!?
FIXED
I never seen opponent get so many doubles in a row. Game is fixed. Played here WAY TO LONG TIME TO FIND ANOTHER SITE!
It’s a scam
Didn’t like the app and figured to play in real life as otherwise it’s not good and always ask to buy more to play
Dice rigged
Too often when you double you start rolling doubles😡
Too often you get exactly what you need to hit your opponent 😡
Why can’t they just use random rolls?
Too often you get exactly what you need to hit your opponent 😡
Why can’t they just use random rolls?
It’s rigged!
It’s so obvious it’s rigged!
Don’t spend money - it will ID you as a cash cow and manipulate gameplay to get you to spend more.
Once this app detects you spend money, it will do extremely manipulative things that defy all odds to make you lose so you’ll spend more. After you purchase coins, you’ll suddenly have 5, 6, 7 or more consecutive games where the rolls render strategy irrelevant - quite literally there can be only 1 possible roll to benefit or hurt you and it will repeatedly yield that result to ensure you lose. It’s insane and after playing 1500+ games and both spending money and going stretches where I don’t, I’m 100% certain the system is rigged to do this. This does not happen when you go a steerch without purchasing and keep your coin count low.
Rigged
You think you’re playing other people but after a while you can predict the dice. The other player gets way more big doubles and you seem to be stuck on 1-2 or 1-3. I’ve played backgammon since childhood and although ppl can get lucky, I’ve never seen anyone roll 6 doubles in a row. 😂 if you play for free you’ll always be stuck playing the lower levels and you’ll never finish any extras, you’re also stuck playing the slower paced games. I’m gonna delete. Why waste my gigabits?
Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)