Tavli

How it works in play

Tavli is the Greek name for the game and for a session of three games played in turn: Portes, backgammon without the cube; Plakoto, where blots are pinned; and Fevga, where nothing is hit.

Related terms

• Plakoto — Greek variant where blots are pinned (trapped in place) rather than hit.
• Fevga — Greek/Turkish variant with no hitting, where a single checker holds a point.
• Tavla — The Turkish name and tradition of backgammon, played without the doubling cube.

Go deeper

• The Greek tavli session
• Backgammon in Greece
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالتافلي (Tavli)
• ΕλληνικάΤάβλι (tavli)
• فارسیتاولی
• עבריתטאבלי (Tavli)
• РусскийТавли (tavli)
• TürkçeTavli