We are pleased to announce the release of version 5.2.6 for both the iOS and Android devices. This version has the following features: Improve the code that breaks a move into smaller moves so that it works in all outcomes of rolling the dice. In a nutshell, if you missed a single chip of your…
Category: Mobile
iOS version 5.2.5 and 5.2.4
We are pleased to inform you that the iOS app is updated to version 5.2.5. In this version we fixed a couple of issues in the code for watching a replay of a game. We also enhance the UI in the Info Screen. In version 5.2.4 we made the following changes: Split a move into…
Update the Code for Computing the Online Score in the Statistics Screen
In the Statistics Screen we display the score that each player has, based on the online games that (s)he has played until now. This score is computed by adding the points a player has won or lost, multiplied by a weight, in each online game. In the mobile version we also give the number of…
Android version 5.2.3
This version does not have any new features, only bug fixes. With this version, the iTavli app should be a lot more stable. Please, contact us if you experience any performance issues. Thank you
Happy Birthday iTavli
It was April 22nd 2011 when iTavli iOS version 1.0 was released. An idea written on a piece of paper became a popular game which is played by people from all over the world. Even though version 1.0 had only 3 games: Backgammon, Blockgammon and Narde, and limited functionality, there were people who loved to…
Mobile Version 5.2
The mobile version is updated to version 5.2 with an important change/fix in the code for online game. We also fix a minor bug in the code for the tournament game, and we improve the UI in the Android tablet devices. As you already know, when you play an online game, each player has a…
Mobile Version 5.1
We are pleased to announce that version 5.1 for mobile devices is available. In this version we added new features for the Tournament game. In particular you can now see the Elo rating of each player, and how many points you win / lose when you win/lose a game. Also, iTavli monitors which players you…
Mobile Version 5.0
We are pleased to announce that version 5.0 for mobile devices is available. This version has some minor but important changes in the UI, but most importantly, you can join and play in a backgammon tournament that is created at the Tournament iTavli site.
How Unbiased the Dice Really Is?
It is time to check whether the dice is unbiased or not. Now, with the help of the online game, we can determine the performance of the algorithm for throwing a dice by computing the sum of rolling two dice. In the article on “Possible Outcomes of Rolling Two Dice“, we studied the probability for…
Private Rooms, iOS version
An iTavli user can play an online game by following the next 3 steps: Send an invitation to a player If that player accepts it, the game will commence If not, the user would send an invitation to another player, and the above process repeats Even though this is a fairly easy to do task,…