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All updates since the relaunch on 1 November 2026 – many of them prompted by your feedback.
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- Winning move automatic: if your roll can bear off all remaining checkers, the game does it for you
- Online you now see the opening roll on the board – the higher number starts
- You choose the doubling cube before the game – during a game only by restarting
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- Your turn ends by itself once the last checker is placed – like the old game (except practice mode and daily puzzle)
- One checker can use both dice at once (e.g. 3+1): light blue points, with doubles all options
- Real opponents with names: “Online” button at the top next to Computer and 2 players
- No legal move? The game moves on by itself after a short notice
- Online, dots in the middle of the board show when your opponent is thinking
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- Much faster online: you see your opponent’s roll and moves instantly, checker by checker
- New sounds for dice, checkers and wins – switch them off with the sound button
- The dice now roll onto the board
- Want a reply? Add your email to your feedback if you like
- Resign now also against the computer and with two players – with a confirmation so nothing happens by accident
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- Doubling cube selectable above the game: Off or On – against the computer and with two players
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- Online: open tables with names in a list – just join
- Your own name in online mode instead of a made-up one
- Your own table, with a password if you like and with or without doubling cube
- While you wait for an opponent you can play the computer – the search keeps running
- Doubling cube off by default against the computer and with two players
- Sound and speed buttons right at the game
- Brighter boards and clearer destination points
- Landscape full screen on phones improved
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- “Feedback & problems” button below the game – for bugs and ideas
- After a few games a short question on how you like it
- Matches to 3, 5 or 7 points
- Smoother board, also in full screen and on older devices
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- Relaunch: backgammon rebuilt from scratch – no sign-up, no download
- Against the computer in three levels, two players on one device or online against real opponents
- Practice mode with a traffic light for every move, plus a daily puzzle
- Your statistics, full screen, three board designs, installable as an app
- In 8 languages