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BGBlitz Installation - Professional Backgammon Software for Windows | Mac | Linux

BGBlitz Installation and Requirements

What does BGBlitz need and how to install?

  •   MacOS:
    For MacOS (10.10 or higher) the installer is a disk image. Double click on BGBlitz_xyz.dmg after download and
    drag the BGBlitz folder to any convenient folder.


  • Windows:
    Just double click the download and follow the instructions.
    If your PC is protected bei "Smartscreen" you might see this picture although the download is cryptographically signed:

    which seems to be an dead end. Just click on "More info" and you will see:

    Just press "run anyway" and follow the normal installation instructions.


  •   Linux 4.0 or newer:
    If a double click on bgblitz_installer_292.jar or the execution via the context menu does not start the installation, either mark the jar file as executable and try again or open a terminal window in the directory and type
      java -jar bgblitz_installer_292.jar
    the installation should start then.

Tested environments are:
  • Windows 10 and Windows 11
  • Macintosh OS X 10.10 or newer
  • Linux 5.0.x or newer

Any PC build in the last 8-10 years should suffice.

About 500 MB free memory and up to 200 MB of disk space are needed.
Naturally a faster CPU, more cores and more RAM never hurts (especially for 4 ply evaluation) ;-)

A resolution of 1280x800 or higher is recommended.

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