The iTavli application supports Online Gaming for more than 5 years now. During this time period many things have changed, but our philosophy for online gaming stays the same: We give full control to a user on the game. Thus, a user is allowed to select the opponent and the game that (s)he wishes to…
Category: General
Priming Game
A Prime is a row of spaces that is occupied by checkers and is blocking our opponent (or us). The effectiveness of a prime is determined by its length, and by the number of checkers that are blocked (or trapped) behind it. According to the article on Possible Outcomes of Rolling Two Dice, all numbers…
Statistics Screen, Player’s Profile, mobile version
In the article Statistics: Keep Track of the Online Score we described the process for calculating the online score, and we presented a few screenshots of the Statistics screen for the Web version. In this article we focus on the mobile version. The process for calculating the online score is identical to the one used…
Statistics: Keep Track of the Online Score
In all platforms, a user can view the online score of all players who have played at least an online game. In the mobile version, there is a search bar that enables you to search for a given player. Here, we briefly describe how this score is computed. Note that we use the words “Score”…
Russian Narde, Plakoto Express and Khacapuri
The iOS version 4.8.1 and the Android version 4.8.2 are released and support these three variants. The Web version already supported them. Russian Narde In the Russian Narde game you place the checkers like in the Narde – Fevga game, and you move them counter – clockwise. You are not allowed to hit your opponent’s…
LongGammon
Starting today, the iTavli supports one more backgammon variant: the LongGammon game. The LongGammon has the same rules with the Backgammon game, but with a completely different layout, as we can see in the screenshots. In the LongGammon game all checkers are in point 1. In the Backgammon game, there are only 2 checkers in…
Backgammon Tournament
Summer is upon us, and now it is a good time to organize a backgammon tournament. But, this tournament will not be like those that are organized by other agencies. We believe that the players should most of all enjoy the game. Therefore, it is absolutely free to participate in the tournament. In order to…
Possible Outcomes of Rolling Two Dice
Since all backgammon games are played with two dice, it is interesting to examine the possible outcome of rolling two dice. One die As we know, the die is a cube with numbers printed on each side. The numbers that are printed are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and are not printed randomly. Instead,…
Definitions
It is important to give the definition of a few terms that are used in this page: Quarters The board has four quarters. Each quarter has six (6) Points (have the shape of a triangle), where the checkers can lie on. Base Area This is the area where the checkers start from, and it is…
Welcome to iTavli – Best Backgammon Game
The iTavli – Best backgammon game has a large collection of backgammon games. In the section Games we list these games, along with a short description of the rules. You can play these games against your computer or against other online players. You start the iTavli app by clicking on the PLAY button. It is…