DraftBackgammon

Nobody rolls: the dice are drafted from a shared pool.

Four dice, two players, one draft

Draft Backgammon keeps everything you love about backgammon (the race, the hits, the bar, the bear-off) and changes one thing: nobody rolls the dice. Each round, four dice are rolled into a shared pool and the players take turns drafting them. You get two, your opponent gets two, and every pick is a decision.

Take the six that lets you escape, or take the six your opponent needs? Backgammon luck stays, but now you can steer it.

Pips are the dots on a die and the points a checker moves. The number beside each name is the pip count: how far that player still has to travel.

Click a die to draft it. With the keyboard: arrow keys to choose, Enter to take it. The checkers then move by themselves.

You make the draft; the checkers of both sides are moved with the app's evaluation. The opponent drafts like the app's Medium level, without its random slips, and the hint is the app's hint.