Pay to Play - or Not

Brief Summary - this is a brief look at what backgammon games are out there online for you to download, including freeware. We also look at game memberships and what they typically offer. If you're looking for a free backgammon game download you won't have to look long. Many are available online, and one site we found offered three different backgammon game downloads, taking between 1 and 1 1/2 mb of hard drive space. Though the site didn't list any features the download request took you right to the programs for free download. These backgammon game downloads are all Windows-based.

Another site offers Mac versions of backgammon game download. Again, this is freeware, which means that it's available to you at no charge. It runs on OS2 and takes up a hefty 4.1mb of hard drive. This backgammon board game download has evidently been around for a while. The upgrade, completed in September of this year, fixed prior bugs. Here are the problems that were eliminated in this new version: You can now accept an invitation to a one-point match. Your win and loss numbers are now correctly updating when the same player invites you to play more than once. Prior to this upgrade if the same player invited you to a match that was the same length of play as the prior invitation, the win and loss numbers didn't update accurately.

Now you can use the resign sheet to resign a match with this backgammon game download upgrade. You can then choose a single match, a gammon match, a backgammon match or other (several choices.) In the prior version of this backgammon game download you could not get to the other option. You can now tell who is sending mail to your inbox with this upgraded backgammon game download. The prior version had a bug that did not tell you from whom the mail was sent, but rather gave your name instead

The site that offers this free Mac version backgammon game download also offers a membership, and access to numerous other games and many membership benefits besides backgammon game download freeware. Memberships start at $79.95 for one year. You can also buy a lifetime membership for $500. As a member, not only will you get all kinds of backgammon and other game downloads, but you'll also have access to game news, font tools, graphics, HTML tools, security programs, screen savers, wallpaper, and word processing programs. You can acquire a rating, and test your skill on your backgammon game download or many other matches against other members. You will be able to play matches that last longer than 3 points - unlimited, in fact. You can upload your photograph and meet other players to add to your friends list for your backgammon game download matches. You can challenge the computer, enter tournaments that are exclusive to members, compete for money or jackpots (through your member account) and send messages by games grid.