FaceMe Backgammon5.4.0 - App Store

* MOST user friendly BACKGAMMON app *
- Invite friends or play with random opponents.
- Rematch option at the end of a match.
- Game Center achievements and leader boards.

Highlights include:
- Look for Game Center auto-match opponents while playing a local game
- Option to switch board home position and swap color.
- Text chat feature for all network games (Game Center, Local Network). Can be turned OFF.
- Play a Local Network game (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi), against the computer, or a pass-the-device game.
- Skill rating, won games, won match points and experience scores for completed Game Center matches.
- Progressive undo, replay last move, PIP values, doubling cube, human powered random rolls.
- Checkers are easy to select and move, with variable animation speed.
- Optionally show all possible moves for any piece, or use "one-tap" moves.
- Play 1, 3, 5 or unlimited-point matches.
- Resignation with 1, 2, and 3-times multiplier.
- Universal App: enhanced graphics for iPad and retina displays.
- Neural Network based advanced computer algorithm.
- Extensive settings screen allows users to customize their experience (see screen shots).
- Multiple dice rolling algorithms including web based rolls.
- Statistics screen: tracks games won, points won, matches won, as well as dice roll statistics.
- If the losing player disconnects from the game the winning player gets awarded the win.
- 60-second time limit per move for Game Center Auto-Match games.

Version History - Updated the advertising functionality to comply with new EU requirements 5.4.0 03/25/2024 - Fixes for iOS 17 5.3.3 10/10/2023 - Increased limits for the leaderboards 5.3.2 08/29/2023 Fix for local games when playing between similar devices. 5.3.1 01/23/2023 Support for iOS 16 and new devices 5.3.0 12/11/2022 Minor bug fixes. 5.2.1 03/03/2022 Support for latest devices and iOS 15 5.2.0 12/03/2021 - Added Roll Again feature to Computer games which allows the player to roll again for either the computer or themselves. This enables trying different moves for a given board position. It also allows the player to change their luck when it doesn't go their way :) The Roll Again button is found on the game menu.
- Roll Again feature can be removed by turning off the Roll Again option in the Settings screen. 5.1.0 05/03/2021 Bug fixes for Game Center games. 5.0.1 04/23/2021 Switched to subscription and ad supported model for new users, to enable continued development and support efforts. Existing users are unaffected.
Added Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Support for latest iOS versions and new devices. 5.0.0 04/22/2021 Minor bug fixes. 4.8.2 12/22/2020 Minor bug fixes. 4.8.1 12/17/2020 - Support for dark mode, latest iOS version and latest devices. 4.8.0 12/03/2020 Support of latest devices. 4.7.0 07/03/2020 iPhone X and iOS 11 support 4.6.0 06/04/2018 Minor bug fixes 4.5.0 04/26/2016 Fixes for iPad Pro.
Minor bug fixes. 4.4.0 03/08/2016 Minor UI bug fixes. 4.3.0 02/02/2016 Shorter Auto-Match sound
Minor bug fixes 4.2.0 12/11/2015 iOS 9 Support 4.1.0 10/15/2015 - Speed up of piece animation on iPad.
- Minor product improvements & bug fixes. 4.0.3 07/07/2015 - Added option for dice animation to include old jumping algorithm.
- Improved piece animation
- Bug fixes 4.0.2 06/15/2015 - Restored iPad pieces, dice and text size to previous version.
- Added animation to action messages to highlight the action required.
- Added Leaderboards and Achievements buttons to Game Center screen.
- Added match result to chat history
- Minor bug fixes. 4.0.1 05/19/2015 This update is a complete re-write of the app to support the latest version of iOS and significantly improve the stability of the application.
- iOS 8 Support - This version works on iOS 8.0 and above.
- First roll of every match now determines who goes first. The first roll of all the subsequent games in the match is played by the winner of the previous game.
- Enhanced network protocol - We have improved the network protocol between the players to recover from network packet loss. This should improve the stability of the game when played over poor network connections.
- Skill rating score calculation change - To encourage experienced players to compete against inexperienced players, we have adjusted the skill rating scoring algorithm to no longer favour the inexperienced player at the cost of the experienced player. Now, when an experienced player plays anyone, they will win or lose the nubmer of match points of the match.
- Improved detection of cheating - We have continued to improve our algorithms for detecting cheating and we hope that this release will result in less disconnects due to player cheating. For example, if you lose your internet connectivity during the match, you will lose the match and if your opponent disconnects from the match you will win the match.
- Added ∞ option to resignation multiplier. For unlimited matches, this option ends the match. For normal fixed-point matches, this option offers enough points to end the match - the opponent will not have to approve the resignation.
- New icons for finding Local Network players to indicate Bluetooth and WiFi availability. 4.0.0 05/07/2015 Auto-roll when on bar with no possible moves
Bug fixes 3.8.0 07/11/2014