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Entertain yourself at a game of Backgammon. Shareware ($20)
David's BackGammon allows you to entertain yourself at a game of Backgammon. Has 5 skill levels, as well as gives you advice on moves and the doubling cube, can take back moves and doubles of the cube, on-line help, can pick up more than one piece at a time, shows best moves, can set up any board situation, can change board colors or create your own, multiple board sizes, tournament play, extensive help system, keeps statistics on up to 4 pairs of players, can setup and rollout any game situation, plus much more.
Works with Intel Macs and OS X.
Works with Intel Macs and OS X.
What's New
Version 6.1:
- Version 6 works with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- First intel version of the game
- Thousands of code changes to get this intel/Mac OS X 10.7 Lion version
- Version 6.1 adds back the position rollout feature
- Keyboard moves is working now
- Version 6.1 fixes several interface problems that were introduced in version 6.0
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
David's Backgammon User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:28,107 |
| Version Downloads:107 |
| Type:Games : Card & Board |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:18 Apr 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $20.00 |
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David's BackGammon allows you to entertain yourself at a game of Backgammon. Has 5 skill levels, as well as gives you advice on moves and the doubling cube, can take back moves and doubles of the cube, on-line help, can pick up more than one piece at a time, shows best moves, can set up any board situation, can change board colors or create your own, multiple board sizes, tournament play, extensive help system, keeps statistics on up to 4 pairs of players, can setup and rollout any game situation, plus much more.
Works with Intel Macs and OS X.
Works with Intel Macs and OS X.
Copyright © 2012 MacUpdate LLC
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Vendini reviewed on 13 Apr 2012
Still the best Backgammon game, way ahead of the others!
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2 out of 4 or 5 in some years would still be cheating.
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Carolewalsh reviewed on 19 Nov 2010
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Kathill reviewed on 10 Apr 2010
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Rachel R. reviewed on 04 Feb 2010
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Still, good copy. Keep up the good work.
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Judy Gruhn reviewed on 08 Jan 2010
My only complaint about either program is that the computer moves in David's Backgammon are VERY fast. I would like them a bit slower but can see no way to do this. Also now and then the game makes moves for me which is a bit startling to say the least. However, neither of these are major problems.
The support from David is fantastic! Just about the best support I've ever seen! I recently had request my 3 letter id as I downloaded the current version and my old one wouldn't work. ( I had some major computer corruption and had to create a new user account, thus loosing a lot of passwords, etc.) He replied in less than 24 hours.
I can't recommend either game enough! Enjoy either or both!
The game is making moves for you because you must have some type of Automatic Moves selected. Again, in the board menu you will see Automatic Moves... You can select which type of automatic moves you would like the game to make, or none.
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For my needs I've used other Backgammon applications. I don't mind paying for upgrades, but I don't recall any other developer offering such a short time frame for free upgrades. With a reasonable upgrade policy I would have probably paid for upgrades since 2002, although now based on the author's comments towards me when I posted yesterday about my experiences with his software (Absolute Backgammon), there's no way I will ever purchase any of his products regardless of the upgrade policy.
It's interesting to notice that the positive reviews come from people who have not posted other reviews. Before the author attacks me again, I'm only saying it is "interesting." Is it possible that the reviews are sincere? Sure, anything is possible. I just find it interesting that for David's Backgammon and Absolute Backgammon, many of the positive reviews come from people who have not reviewed anything else, both here and at VersionTracker. In some cases reviewers have left negative comments about competing software, so maybe that counts as more than one review.
I no longer play Backgammon on my computer that much. I got Big Bang Backgammon for free a while ago, and also found an old copy of BGBlitz which I updated last night. My advise is to try the demos and decide which works for your needs. This one is certainly not for me, but YMMV. I did like it when I originally purchased it years ago.
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After 8 years, I wonder why you are writing a review like this, trying to discredit the users of the game that have taken their time to write a review.
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Saul Laniado reviewed on 21 Jun 2009
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marcdesweemer reviewed on 09 Jun 2009
It worked with ALL Apple Systems since 7 and if there was an error it was ALWAYS fixed in less then a day.
I'm 62 and a Mac user since 1985 and I have fun with it,
and that is what I want !
Thank you David for all this funny years.
Marc De Sweemer
Belgium
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The dice rolls are selected at the time of the roll using a random number generator. That is true for all skill levels. No cheating going on.
Years of programming and research, as well as playing backgammon, went into creating the skill of the computer opponent, not cheating.
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Would you actually tell anyone if it DID in fact cheat constantly ? You are in BUSINESS. You make MONEY out of flogging this product. So your assurances that it doesn't cheat are worthless. When are you going to ever get the product properly (i.e. statistically) evaluated by a TOTALLY INDEPENDENT BACKGAMMON/STATISTICAL/SCIENTIFIC EXPERT WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO VESTED INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME ? Until such time as you do, the constant and long-time accusations (fully justified in my view) that the computer opponent has been cleverly programmed to cheat will keep coming. If you truly believed that your product did not cheat you would have no qualms whatsoever about having a truly independent expert test it. If he/she eventually confirmed that it does NOT cheat, you could sell it for twice the price and never have to put up with those irritating folk (such as me and heaps of others) that don't believe a word of your assertions about your product.
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Who might this be? I think the only way you would trust a person is if you chose them yourself. I suggest you find a person like that and have them examine the game. Since the game does produce random dice rolls, I would encourage it.
Since you think the game picks the rolls it needs to take advantage of the situation it finds itself in, I suggest you try my other backgammon game - Absolute Backgammon. It has an option to have a series of random dice rolls generated just before the game start. During the game, these dice rolls are used (you can view them to see). That way you can know for sure that the dice rolls are NOT picked for the situation. If you still think the computer gives itself better rolls, it also gives you a chance to choose to use its dice instead.
Your expert could also analyze a few of these series of dice rolls to determine the probability they are random or not.
I have analyzed the dice rolls for many thousands of rolls looking for patterns and looking at the distribution of dice rolls. All is as it should be. There are no detectable patterns and the distribution of dice rolls is correct: each of the 36 possible rolls comes up equally over many thousands of rolls.
Feel free to email me at macgammon@aol.com.