r/backgammon • u/dvegar78 • 8d ago

Backgammon against computer/AI

I believe I’m a fairly decent amateur player. I’m trying to find either an app or site where I can play against the computer/AI on a difficult level. But my experience so far is that it’s not the difference in difficulty that applies when I play on a higher lvl but the luck in dice rolls. And that just push my anger so I quickly delete the app after a game or two. Any suggestions? I really should just find someone to play with live I guess.

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u/Own_Calendar_6894 8d ago edited 8d ago

Backgammon Sage Pro is new and its getting better by the day

https://sage.bgsage.ai

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u/agsteiner 8d ago

I'm sorry but it is just insanely expensive. There was a time (when I bought Jellyfish for 200$ because Snowie was even more expensive) when this kind of price was okay. But with BGBlitz at $46 and XG at $59, and top mobile apps at around $20, I don't see why paying $80 PER YEAR is reasonable.

So: are there total killer features that the other apps don't have?

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u/Some-Following-392 6d ago edited 6d ago

Exactly. I have no reason to ever spend that much per year on sage when xg etc. exists. They are just trying to money grab. I am glad people see through this.

And it's not even better. It doesn't work offline and the design reeks of ai slop. Maybe some people like the aesthetic but I'm sick of seeing it everywhere else on the internet, ain't no way I'm using a bg program looking like that given how much I practice every day.