Play backgammon against the computer

Play backgammon against the computer for free, with no sign-up. Choose short backgammon or long nardy and a bot on the panel above, press Start, and the game begins at once.

Three bots

• Easy — for your first games and for learning the rules.
• Medium — plays like a confident amateur. Everyone starts with it.
• Hard — the strongest one: see whether you are ready for rated games.

In long nardy the bots are a neural network that learned from hundreds of thousands of games against itself. Easy and Medium sometimes make mistakes on purpose; Hard looks ahead at the opponent's replies.

Good to know

• Bot games don't change your rating, so practise as much as you like.
• An unfinished game is saved: close the tab and come back to it later.
• In backgammon the bot offers and takes doubles, and it can accept your resignation.
• You can replay every game move by move.

When you want a human opponent

Invite a friend by link or play a real opponent in quick game. The rules are on the backgammon and long nardy pages.