PREVIEWS & STRATEGIES

This title is only available to Xbox 360® owners with an Xbox LIVE® Silver or Gold membership, through download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Play a game of Hardwood Backgammon against the computer, against a friend on a single console, or against on online opponent over Xbox Live® on Xbox 360™.

Move all of your checkers onto your home board, and then bear off before your opponent does. Roll two of a kind to double your number of moves. Catch your opponent with a vulnerable checker, and send him to the bar. And once you're sure you're going to win, use the doubling cube to bring you even closer to ultimate victory!

• Multiplayer: Play two players on Xbox Live or on the same console.
• Computer opponent: Go up against world-class play using Neural Net technology
• Customizable items: Change environments (backgrounds, some with sound), dice, doubling cube, checkers, and playing board.
• Communicate: Fooms™, much like emotes, don't affect the game, but they might affect your mood—send Fooms such as a Kiss, Fireball, or Lightning at friends or opponents to let them know how you feel.

• Hardwood Hearts
• Hardwood Spades