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Play 65 Review
Playing Online Backgammon on Play65TM is exactly the same as in real life; only this innovative software offers online backgammon 24 hours a day, seven days a week and allows you to compete with other players from all over the world.
Getting MONEY for depositing
Use these spacial codes, not offered on to anyone on play65 to get an head start over anyone else registering
| Use "DRGAMM5" | IF depositing $25 | To get total of $45 | | Use "DRGAMM10" | IF depositing $50 | To get total of $80 | | Use "DRGAMM15" | IF depositing $100 | To get total of$135 |
Playing for FUN
If you are an amateur backgammon player you can play using 'Fun' money. Play65 will automatically deposit $100 fun money into your account. Playing for fun is an excellent way of enhancing your skills. There are some excellent players out there. Not only is playing for fun free, however, even if you lose all of your fun money, your account will be credited again with $100!!!
Playing for REAL money
For the more professional player, 'REAL' money can be deposited which could result in you generating a second income $$$...
Again, it doesn't cost anything to sign up to play for real money-even a deposit isn't necessary. Infact- Play65 will give you $2 free to get you started!!!
Your games will be recorded when playing for real money. This will enable you to review past games at a later stage to identify any errors that were made.
The programs which can perform this analysis are: Jellyfish, Snowie, and GNU Backgammon.
Playing for the first time
The Play65 software is straightforward to use. Once you have logged in you will be faced with several introductions. You may acknowledge these or close them and come back to them later. You will then see the 'Lobby screen'.
Playing a Game
When you click on JOIN, a window appears outlining the rules that your opponent wants to play.
Once you and your opponent have agreed on the conditions of play, the game begins and the playing board will be displayed.
The Playing Board
The playing board is extremely user friendly. Just click your mouse on the dice when you want to roll. To move the checkers, drag and drop them into the position where you want them to be moved.
As you move your checkers, the numbers on the dice dim to remind you of the numbers you have played.
Time Controls
To ensure play proceeds at a reasonable pace, every game is timed. You can play either at *Normal speed (45 sec/turn/) or *Fast speed (25 sec/turn).
*This is the amount of time you have available to roll the dice and move your checkers.
If you are unable to finish a game in the required time, a global timer with extra time on it begins to count down. If you are playing Normal speed the global timer starts each game at 150 seconds and if you are playing Fast speed it starts each game at 90 seconds.
In the event that you run out of time on your global timer, you lose the game.
Play65 Player Statistics
Play65TM is proud to announce that it hosts the world's largest online backgammon community, and it welcomes the lion share of this market.
Since launching in 2005, the number of registered players, players at peak hours and average number of players have increased radically.
Registered Players:600,000(January 2006)
Players at peak hours:4,000(January 2006)
Average number of players5,000(January 2006)
Deposit Methods and Currency Options
Play65TM is defined as a skills-based game; therefore deposits can be made by the following methods:
All major credit cards such as MasterCard, Visa
Wire Transfers
Moneybookers
Neteller and Paypal
US$, Euro€ and the UK£
At Play65 you can play online backgammon for fun or for money. One of the reasons for the success of the game and how it is attracting more and more players to its site is the easy way that you can get started on the game online.
There is no doubting that backgammon has enjoyed a revival in recent years, from the parlour game of childhood to the new 21st century styled virtual boards of the world wide web: online backgammon is thriving.
Much of the success of the game has to be attributed to the design of the virtual board and the game itself. Making virtual dice behave in a pattern that is similar to the roll of a cup is no mean achievement.
Yes, it is wonderful what they can do with graphics these days, the cinema is evidence of the capabilities of CGI technology, but being able to transpose the sort of realism that you get in an off line game such as a simple board game, yet at the same time lose none of the playability of the game itself is a real piece of crafted design.
The people behind Play65 seemed to have achieved this with their easy and simple to understand download software.
The software is designed to work on Windows operating systems such as 200 or XP, it also requires certain other criteria which the newer PC's these days supply in abundance, so it is unlikely that you won't need to upgrade to be able to play if you have the latest version PC. The older models with Windows 95 or 98 don't work on Play65, neither do Mac or Linux systems, but the designers are addressing this in the near future.
The other requirements for the game are Pentium 133 MHZ, 32 MB of hard disk space, 64 MB of RAM, with either windows 2000 or XP operating systems. Highly recommended is to set your screen resolution to 800 X 600 with HIGH colour (16 bit) or more. Once this is all in place you're ready to begin.
Click to Play65, the home page will give you an option of up to 17 different languages to choose from, select your language and begin download the software. You will see once the download starts that there are only six instructions, follow them and as the software downloads, tips and playing hints will appear on the screen telling you about the game. Depending on the speed of your PC and connection, broadband is recommended; dial up is very slow by comparison and will take time.
Whilst broadband will speed you through to the start of your registry page, here you can choose fun player or real money, a $2.00 bonus gets you started and is deposited into your account. Then it's up to you. The software is your tool to playing the game, the board is set out like a traditional backgammon board, the colours being akin to a polished or varnished wood design. For the beginner follow the onscreen instructions as you play the game, or visit the school of backgammon to really find out about the game.
The software of Play65 is flexible and can run in conjunction with other programs that are aimed to improve the player's games such as Jellyfish and Snowie. Although not integrated with Play65 software they can be run alongside the play of Play65 to analyse moves and to instruct players on their next move.
For the experienced player this can be a real asset when practicing their game or attempting something new. Moreover the ease of operation of Play65 is perhaps one the reasons why over a million registered players have taken up the challenge of online backgammon and are loving it.
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