★ Top Developer (awarded 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015) ★ AI Factory's Backgammon is the best free Backgammon game on Android! Backgammon is a game of skill and strategy; one of the world's classic parlour board games, played for recreation and gambling. Like Mahjong, Backgammon is played in social groups in coffee houses and bars. Historically, variants of this game are believed to have been played in Mesopotamia and Egypt thousands of years ago, then by the Romans and later in India. It also spread to East Asia, but was largely replaced by Xiangqi (Chinese chess). It is now very popular in the West. Features: ** New stronger Version Sep 2021 ** -- Strong Backgammon AI, now with 2 game engines! -- 7 Difficulty levels! 5 existing levels 2 new stronger levels added! -- Full match play Doubling Cube & Crawford rule options -- 4 Boards and Piece Sets -- Single Player vs Computer or local 2 Player -- Hint & Stats -- Random Dice generator or Manual Dice input -- Designed for both Tablet and Phone This free version is supported by 3rd party ads. Ads may use internet connectivity, and therefore subsequent data charges may apply. The photos/media/files permission is required to allow the game to save game data to external storage, and is sometimes used to cache ads. *Does it cheat? See "CPU Strategy" page Manual Dice option (use real-world dice) to prove to yourself that it doesn't*

We're changing our app names in line with new Google Play policies: "Backgammon Free" is now "Backgammon". "Backgammon" (paid version) is now "Backgammon Pro".

Fixes bug that could cause a round of stats to be lost.