Hi Bard, I'm afraid gnubg does not cheat, so if you are losing a lot, it's because of your mistakes!
If you need to convince yourself that gnubg does not cheat, try two things in Settings, Options, Dice: 1) Play with manual dice, so that you enter the rolls yourself. 2) Set the seed for the random number generator to the same value (e.g. 1). You will see that the rolls follow a defined pattern, whatever the position. This proves that gnubg does not change the rolls to give itself good numbers and you bad ones. It will also always make the same move for a given position, which proves it does not take account of upcoming rolls. I hope you overcome the frustration and grow to love gnu backgammon. It's a great tool for improving your game. I didn't realise how bad I was at backgammon until I started playing a really good opponent. Try playing with the tutor mode on; see how often gnubg disagrees with your choice. Regards, Ian Shaw -----Original Message----- From: bug-gnubg-bounces+ian.shaw=riverauto.co...@gnu.org [mailto:bug-gnubg-bounces+ian.shaw=riverauto.co...@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Barb Pylatuk Sent: 18 May 2015 20:34 To: bug-gnubg@gnu.org Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Gnu backgammon This is the most frustrating game! Whenever I am winning, gnu automatically starts hitting all my men all the time. If I am losing and waiting to get on the board, gnu manages to clear all its men so that I can only get on at 4. Then, once I am on at 4 my rolls are double ones or one and three or some other nonsense so that I am guaranteed to lose. Similarily, if I have gnu cornered it will roll doubles so it will get clear across the board on to its own side. The game is rigged to win. If I do win a game, and start another game it starts again to hit all my men all the time. If it is a close match and we are rolling to remove our men from the board, gnu is rolling doubles continually until it is off the board. I don't know why I keep playing. I do not want to win every game but I certainly would expect a fair chance. Gnu does not offer that. _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list Bug-gnubg@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list Bug-gnubg@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg