Facegammon: Backgammon Video

See the face across the board. Backgammon with a live video call for the whole match, on tables that cost real coins to sit at.

Facegammon is online backgammon with the one thing every other board game app leaves out: the person on the other side of the board.

SEE WHO YOU ARE PLAYING Turn on the camera and play face to face. Your opponent appears beside the board while you play - the reactions, the groans at a bad roll, the nod when you make a good move. It is the closest thing to a real board on a real table.

REAL OPPONENTS, REAL TABLES Six tables from Copper to Diamond, each with its own stake. Win the pot, climb the ladder, and unlock the tables above you. Matchmaking finds someone near your rating in seconds.

TOURNAMENTS Enter a bracket, play your way through the rounds, and take the prize pot. Every match is a real opponent.

PLAY YOUR FRIENDS Create a private room, share the code by WhatsApp or Telegram, and play whoever you like at whatever stake you agree.

PRACTISE AGAINST THE COMPUTER Facegammon AI plays a proper game and is rated on the same ladder, so a practice win means something.

CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD Global and country rankings, standard Elo ratings, and a full history of every match you have played.

MAKE IT YOURS Board skins and checker sets in the store, including hand-modelled 3D boards.

Coins are for play only. They cannot be exchanged for money or cashed out.

Backgammon has been played for five thousand years across a table from someone. Facegammon puts that back.

LEARN AND IMPROVE New to the game? Play backgammon online against the Facegammon AI first. It follows the full rules - hitting, the bar, bearing off, gammons, backgammons and the doubling cube - and it is rated on the same ladder, so you can see yourself improve. When you are ready, play backgammon with friends in a private room, or let matchmaking find an opponent at your level. Backgammon multiplayer, with a face on the other side of the board.