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Hardwood Backgammon

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5.7 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Silver Creek Entertainment

Developer: Silver Creek Entertainment

Genre(s): Board

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: December 8, 2005

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] Play a game of Hardwood Backgammon against the computer, against a friend on a single console, or against on online opponent over Xbox Live. Move all of your checkers onto your home board, and then bear off before your opponent does. Roll two of a kind to double your number of moves. Catch your opponent with a vulnerable checker, and send him to the bar. And once you're sure you're going to win, use the doubling cube to bring you even closer to ultimate victory. Play two players on Xbox Live or on the same console. Computer opponent: Go up against world-class play using Neural Net technology. Customizable items: Change environments (backgrounds, some with sound), dice, doubling cube, checkers, and playing board. Communicate: Fooms, much like emotes, don't affect the game, but they might affect your mood - send Fooms such as a Kiss, Fireball, or Lightning at friends or opponents to let them know how you feel. [Xbox.com]

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What The Critics Said

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WHAM! Gaming

It’s a straightforward backgammon game that’s great for a round or two when you’re waiting for your game of Quake to load (ohhh, dis)

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Official Xbox Magazine

Backed by identical(and cheesy)interfaces and feature sets, all three do an excellent job of re-creating there respective game, though their finest hour comes over live multiplay. [Jun 2006, p.64]

GameSpot

It's functional backgammon on your 360, and not much else. But if you're into the game, that's probably good enough.

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IGN

The computer is a challenging opponent, and often you'll feel that its dice are loaded, but this proves to be a nice way to learn backgammon. Without a tutorial mode though, it's trial by fire. But hey, you get what you pay for.

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Xbox Evolved

If you are really into strategically thinking board games, or already into Backgammon then this is the perfect game for you. It has some pretty good single player, and even better Xbox Live play.

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Talk Xbox

Those who truly enjoy backgammon or want to try it for the first time may be interested in this game because of the low price (400 MS Points), but anyone else should use their MS Points elsewhere.

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AceGamez

It's a great outlet for fans of Backgammon to go and play their favorite game with other people, without the need to wander around with a small briefcase looking for other players.

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Games Radar (in-house)

Strategy fans will dig this game's effortless online experience, which alleviates the need to travel around town with a small vinyl briefcase full of checkers and dice, looking for fresh backgammon challengers.

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TeamXbox

There isn’t anything “wrong” with Hardwood Backgammon, but the fact that there really isn’t much to do beyond the standard backgammon game is a real letdown.

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X360 Magazine UK

Backgammon is the worst game in the world. [Issue#23, p.97]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay R. gave it a7:
The interface is pretty and customizable. The controls are intuitive. I had never played backgammon before and wanted to learn. I had all the rules down in about fifteen minutes. This is a fun, challenging game that even my wife will sit down and play with me. It is definitely worth the price.

X. Box gave it a0:
Who the h..l would make a game about backgammon?!? I'd rather watch my fish swim around for 2 hours!

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