bgOpenings in IOS

A Great Reference and Study Tool

I’m working to become a serious backgammon player, including learning the best opening moves and replies. There are several books on this topic, but, with this app, I now have a great reference and learning tool. This app handles not just the general case for matches but also special scores, such as DMP, at which many of the moves should be played differently. I can create study lists to help me remember these score-based exceptions. I can easily add moves to the lists and delete the moves after I learn them. I found the app super easy to use. The opening moves are organized by dice roll, and tapping on a move leads to the replies for all dice rolls. For any move, buttons appear if there are better ways to play a move at other score types. It’s easy to display the rollout for any position. The Premium Content is very useful. It organizes the thousands of moves into what are called Patterns in the app. It’s helping me to remember which moves are always played the same way, regardless of score type, and those that should be played differently. I’m learning a lot and have already found many surprising moves. I highly recommend this app.