Introducing FlashBack!
Backgammon Flash Cards for Android and iOS.
Updated with all the Opening Replies!
Boot Camp: Extended available now!
(Check out the live demo)
FlashBack helps you absorb essential backgammon information, regardless of your skill level:
- Beginners: Learn the right plays for all Opening Rolls.
- Intermediates: Learn to count and evaluate Races.
- Intermediates: Learn the Opening Rolls at different scores.
- Intermediates: Learn Two and Three-Checker Bearoff Cube Actions.
- Experts: Learn the Match Equity Table and calculate Dead-Cube and Live-Cube Take Points.
- Experts: Learn all the Opening Replies for money and at score (requires in-app purchase).
- Experts: Learn all the crucial reference positions in Trice's Backgammon Boot Camp.
- More decks coming soon!
FlashBack presents flashcards according to an optimized learning algorithm. Each card shows a question. Tap on the question to see the answer. Choose Hard, So-So, or Easy to rate the card. In Train-mode, cards marked as hard will be shown more often than cards marked as easy.
Features:
- Save positions to Favorites for easy review.
- Multiple board themes
- Adjustable animation speed
- Error-size color-coding.
- Day / Night themes
- Practice pip-counting with Show/Hide pips
- Tap on a play to see it demonstrated on the board
- Swap position to view Cube Action from Doubler's or Taker's perspective
- Hints! Backgammon theory organized by topic.
- Learning Algorithm customizes your experience to your needs
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FlashBack is free!
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