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Absolute Backgammon

Absolute Backgammon

Backgammon game with voice control, 5 skill levels & many boards, plus much more.

Version:  6.6.1

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Dice are not chosen to fit the situation - they ARE random!

Feedback Type:  Developer Note

Contributed by: Wednesday, January 04 2006 @ 11:37 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

Contrary to the previous reviewers belief, the dice rolls are not chosen to fit the situation. They are chosen using a random number generator. They do not favor either player in any situation except by luck.

I have emailed him, explaining there is a feature in the game that makes this impossible. When the option/feature is selected, at the start of each game, the game creates enough random dice rolls for a whole game. These are saved in a disk file in the game folder. They can be viewed to see that the game is actually using them. Since the dice are determined at the start of the game, there is absolutely no way the dice could be chosen to fit a situation in the game much later.

If it is still felt that the computer gets better rolls of the dice, there is also a selectable feature to be asked, at the start of each game, if you want to the computer's dice rolls.

  

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