MacGammon

Backgammon, beautifully made for Mac.

Coming to the Mac App StoremacOS 26 or later

A board you can almost feel. Turned checkers, real dice and a table lit like a studio photograph. And an opponent worth sitting down with.

Play

Every move, a pleasure to watch.

Checkers arc from point to point and land with a soft clack. Hit one and it tumbles onto the bar. Start a new game and every piece flies home on its own.

The dice

Roll with a real feel.

The dice leave your hand, tumble across the felt and settle on your number. Turn the sound on and you’ll hear every bounce.

Slowed down

Make it yours

Your board, your way.

Walnut or marble, brushed brass or carbon fiber. Pearl checkers or turned wood. A table of stone, felt or oak. Mix them any way you like.

Wood frame on the MacGammon boardWood

12 frames7 checker finishes7 tables6 styles

Slowed down

The details

Little touches, everywhere.

Point numbers are carved into the rail as you take your seat, and smooth away when you leave. Know the board by heart? Turn them off.

Learn

New to backgammon? Start here.

Play with a coach beside you. It shows the best moves for every roll, grades yours and explains why, in plain words. Leave a BlotA single checker alone on a point. If the opponent lands on it, it's hit and goes to the bar. and it lets you know. Tap a word like AnchorA made point in the opponent's home board: a safe place for your back checkers to wait. or GammonWinning before the opponent has borne off a single checker. It counts double. and it tells you what it means, just like this.

The coach grading a move, with the points it means lit in amber

A guided tour, hands on.

Eight short lessons on a real board, from your first move to the doubling cube.

  1. 1The goal
  2. 2Moving
  3. 3One checker, both dice
  4. 4Hitting
  5. 5The bar
  6. 6Safe points
  7. 7Bearing off
  8. 8The cube
A move hint drawn on the board in green
Stuck? Ask for a hint and the best move appears right on the board.

Play Mac

A worthy opponent.

Easy, Medium or Hard. Hard looks ahead and punishes loose play. Mac knows when to double, when to take and when to pass the CubeThe cube marked 2, 4, 8 … 64. Before rolling, a player may offer to double the stakes; the other either takes (plays on for double) or passes (gives up the game at the current stakes)., so every game has something riding on it.

Want to know where you stand? Turn on winning chances and watch them swing with every roll.

Play a friend

Across the table, from anywhere.

Invite a Game Center friend and they join straight in. Watch their moves as they make them, trade a little trash talk in the chat, and if one of you has to go, the game waits for next time.

A game against a friend with the chat open beside the board

And more

Everything you’d hope for.

Undo anything.
Take back a move, a whole turn, or go back as far as you like. Changed your mind again? Redo.
Pick up where you left off.
Close the window mid-game. Your game, your match score and your place in the tour are all waiting.
Your record.
Wins, streaks, gammons and matches at every level, plus Game Center achievements and leaderboards.
Matches or single games.
Play to 3, 5 or 7 points, with the doubling cube on or off.
Made for the Mac.
Keyboard shortcuts, Light and Dark, and Liquid Glass controls that stay out of the way.
For everyone.
VoiceOver describes the board, and Reduce Motion keeps things calm.
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MacGammon

Backgammon, beautifully made for Mac.

Coming to the Mac App Store · Requires macOS 26 or later

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