Long nardy is the backgammon cousin played across Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia: fifteen checkers each, no hitting, and a race home past your opponent's blocks. The game came out on RuStore on 1 November 2026, in Russian; an English version is planned.
A review of every game
- After each game the app reviews every move, yours and your opponent's, with the same neural network that plays as the Master.
- Right on the result screen: how many mistakes and blunders, the costliest one and what the best move was.
- Luck in numbers, for you and your opponent: was it the dice or you?
- The review screen: any move on the board, with your move and the best one drawn as arrows, what the mistake cost, the luck of the roll and a chart of the game; one tap jumps to the next mistake.
- Games against the bot, on one phone and online can all be reviewed (online — once the game is over).
- Free: the summary, luck and the costliest mistake of your last game. The full review of any game comes with Pro, or for one game by watching an ad.
Fair dice
- Against the bot and on one phone the dice are rolled the moment you roll them: neither the bot nor the game knows them in advance, and a roll can't be redone by restarting the game.
- Open dice statistics: how often each face and doubles come up, for you and your opponent separately.
- Online games come with a check: after the game your phone recomputes every roll itself. How it works, and how to check a game yourself in the browser, is on the fair dice page (in Russian).
Ads only between games
Never during a game, no banners, at most every other game, and none at all in your first games. One purchase removes them for good.
A strong bot
Seven levels, from Novice to Master; the upper four are a neural network trained on millions of games against itself — the higher the level, the less often it allows itself a weaker move, and the Master also looks one roll ahead. A training rating — your Elo against the bots, as in chess — shows which level suits you. Against the bot you can take back a move or ask for a hint — such a game simply doesn't count towards your score. «How to play stronger» in the rules: tips for beginners, improvers and experts, each checked on a thousand of the Master's games against itself.
Online — with a friend or anyone looking for a game
A table for a friend by a short code or an invite link, with clocks and ready-made chat phrases. Or «Quick game»: the server pairs you with the closest-rated player looking for a game right now. To strangers you show as «Opponent» and a rating unless you turn «Anonymous» off, and there is no chat with strangers. If nobody turns up within a minute, the game honestly offers a bot instead.
Where to get it
The game came out on 1 November 2026 on RuStore for Android. Playing the bot, two on one phone and online is free. Paid options are «No ads», «Pro» for a month or a year, and patterned boards.
Questions
Email: support@gornitsa.games.