Backgammon Reservev1.5.0

What changed

• New featureIntroduced match play to 3, 5, and 7 points with Crawford rule enforcement
• New featureRebuilt bot AI using a trained network for improved strategic play and gammon awareness
• SocialAdded ability to invite any player from their profile or the Standings board
• New featureAdded match format selection for bot games, Pass & Play, and specific players
• UXUpdated doubling cube to display match-term costs of decisions
• UXAdded ability to set aside cube decisions in Daily games to study the board
• New featureEnabled resigning a single game without conceding the entire match
• UXImplemented fresh clocks for each game within a match
• UXFixed issues with score display, match history rows, and landscape layout

Original release notes

Matches to 3, 5 and 7 points

Backgammon as it's actually played. Win games to reach the target score, with gammons and the doubling cube deciding how fast you get there. The Crawford rule is enforced, so the cube stays a real decision right to the end.

Choose a format when you start a bot game or Pass & Play, or agree one with a specific player. Matches to 3 are available in Daily.

A much stronger bot

Checker play has been rebuilt around a trained network rather than hand-written rules. It weighs whole turns at once instead of one die at a time, so it finds plays the old bot simply couldn't see. It also understands gammons, so it knows the difference between winning and winning big.

Each difficulty now means something specific. Beginner plays like a beginner. Expert plays the best move it can find, every time.

Invite anyone

The Daily and Live invite buttons now work on any player's profile, not just friends. The Standings board is somewhere to find a game, not just a table to read.

Also in this release

• The cube now tells you what a decision costs in match terms, including when declining would lose you the match outright
• In Daily, you can set a cube decision aside and study the board before answering
• Resign a single game without conceding the whole match
• Each game of a match starts on a fresh clock
• Fixes to the score display, match history rows and landscape layout