Dear players, we are happy to announce that update 1.5.9 for Backgammon Masters is available. We completely redesigned match results window and added a rematch option. We also fixed a lot of bugs.

Change list for update 1.5.9:

– Added rematch option. “Rematch” button can be found at match result window. The rematch match has the same rules as the previous match. Rematch begins after mutual agreement of players
– Added chat in match result window
– Changed match result window
– Changed rating result placement. Now they are displayed in match result window
– Changed “Move confirmation” mode. Now move confirmation will be automatic once timer ends and the move is completed but not yet confirmed. Previously this led to a “You didn’t make a move” notice
– Changed local statistics. Upon leaving the match the loss is displayed in statistics
– Fixed bug in “Leave App Review” window for iOS7
– Fixed crash in Bluetooth game
– Fixed crash in GameCenter
– Fixed crash upon bet raise after end of turn
– Fixed rare bug, which lead to match hanging up
– Fixed various bugs and crashes

Dear players, we are happy to announce that soon we will release update 1.5.8 in which we added iOS7 support and also fixed lots of game bugs and crashes.

List of changes for 1.5.8:

– Added iOS 7 support
– Fixed surrender bug
– Fixed several bugs which lead to application crash
– Fixed last match statistics display
– Fixed online bug that lead to hanging up of a match
– Fixed various small bugs
– Fixed bug at end of match upon bearing off the last checker from the board
– Fixed bug which lead to frequent display of “Awaiting opponent’s response” message
– Fixed bug upon launching the game, which prompted user to turn on Bluetooth
– Fixed bug in “Hotseat” mode which wrongly showed unfinished game message

Dear players, we are announcing the next update for Backgammon Masters which already available for free update.

Change list of update 1.5.7:
– Added quick texts for chat during the game
– Implemented system for sending of crash reports to developers
– Added notification of points that you will lose upon: surrendering, refusing a bet, quitting the game
– Upon quitting the game\losing connection the player receives a gammon lose (2 points) if no checkers were borne off
– A player can surrender when one of the players has all the checkers in home board. Surrender requires opponent’s confirmation. If opponent confirms surrender, then he wins. Otherwise, the game goes on. Amount of points lost upon surrender are calculated automatically and shown to both players
– Fixed crash upon game start
– Fixed bug in game rules where with all checkers in home board some moves are prohibited
– Fixed bug in game rules which allowed to use only one dice
– Fixed bug with emoticon selection (iPhone)
– Fixed bug with display of money games in spectators view
– Fixed bug with bet raise
– Changed some interface elements
– Fixed various other minor bugs

Dear players, we are happy to announce that our game became one of the first to support DICE+. DICE+ is a white electronic game dice with transparent borders. The dice can be connected via Bluetooth to a device which runs our app. Each DICE+ roll is registered on the device. The dice has a few sensors to detect the rolls and their power and if the roll was unfair. One side can be moved to reveal a connection slot to USB for charging. The developers of this device, friends from Poland, have informed us that once you charge the dice you can play for 20 hours. The dice has 6 LED displays on each side and can display many colors. Playing with DICE+ in the evening is really fun! Be one of the first to order the unique DICE+ device!

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We are also continuing work on improvements of online game. We fixed a few game errors and added 18 new emoticons as recommended by players. In main menu we added game settings window (“hotseat”, bluetooth-game, GameCenter game).

Full list of changes for version 1.5.6:

– Fixed bug in game rules when moving checkers from bar
– Fixed bug with display of dice when “move confirmation” is enabled
– Changed settings interface. Game settings are brough to main menu
– Added emoji emoticons
– Added DICE+ support for “Hotseat mode”
– Tourney games are distinguished in spectator view
– In spectator view bet amount is displayed
– Before rolling dice are displayed as transparent
– In “Auto roll” mode the delay before rolling happens only when Doubling cube is available
– In games with “No running” option enabled a player loses 2 points (gammon) when timing out or disconnecting from the server

Dear players, our provider Hostgator, on which we have our online server started reorganization of data center without warning us of potential problems that might occur. As a result during last two weeks we had lots of disconnection issues with the server. On 7th of August HostGator will stop providing all services, including game server for “Backgammon Masters”. Therefore we decided to switch to a new server. We released update 1.5.5 with changed server settings and also some bug fixes. The players who don’t update game until version 1.5.5 will not be able to participate in online game starting from 7th of August. The update is available for iOS and will soon be available for Android and Mac as well.

Change list for 1.5.5:

– Changed network settings for internet game
– Fixed bug in game rules upon taking checkers off the bar
– Added auto bearoff feature in narde