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Tavla From:   Arda Findikoglu Address:   findiko...@wbf-turkey.com Date:   17 November 2004 Subject:   Re: Turkish Backgammon Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   59f59097.0411170829.72188bc7@posting.google.com Yes, Tavla is still alive ... According to a survey we made, there are approximately 30 million Tavla players in turkey who have very little knowledge about the doubling cube so modern backgammon as well ... Tavla can be thought as the cubeless variation of Backgammon ... For those who want to learn the basic differences: BOARD BG: Tournament type 21'' board Tavla: Boards of a variety of styles and sizes DICE BG: 2 dice and 1 dice cup per player Tavla: 2 dice in total, no dice cups DIRECTION OF PLAY BG: By mutual agreement or highest throw entitles a player to choose direction and/or checkers Tavla: By mutual agreement, players decide on direction and checkers CASTING THE DICE BG: Dice must be thrown from dice cup and vigorously shaken prior to rolling Tavla: Dice are thrown from the hand, cups can be used by mutual agreement LEGAL ROLLS BG: Dice must be thrown on right-hand side and must not be "cocked" Tavla: Dice can be thrown any side, dice are cocked only if they land out of the board and/or if they are not rested flat COCKED DICE BG: Both dice must lie flat on the playing surface on the right side of the board. Both dice be re-cast if one or both are illegal Tavla: Dice landing on checkers, or landing on opposite side of the board are legal. Both dice be re-cast if one or both are illegal OPENING ROLL BG: Both players throw one die, player throwing highest plays the numbers on both dice at start of each game Tavla: In first game, both players throw one die, highest rolling player throw both dice again. Winning player rolls first for subsequent games PREMATURE ROLLS BG: Formal rules govern premature actions Tavla: No formal rules govern premature actions CHECKER MOVEMENT BG: The numbers on the dice may be played in any order. Both dice must be played if possible. If only one move is playable then the highest number must be played Tavla: The numbers on the dice may be played in any order. Both dice must be played if possible. If only one move is playable then the highest number must be played (Same as BG). PICK AND PASS BG: Pick and pass in home board is permitted Tavla: Pick and pass in home board is [not?] permitted TOUCH IT - MOVE IT BG: Touch move is not enforced, a player may move the checkers and return them to their original position before deciding on the final move Tavla: Touch move is not enforced. But once a checker is moved and the player lifted his hand from that checker, it can`t be returned to its original position BEAR OFF BG: Exact number is not required to bear a checker Tavla: (Same as BG) END OF MOVE BG: A player's move ends when the dice are lifted from the board. The opponent must wait for the player to signal the end of their turn before casting the dice Tavla: A player's move ends when he has lifted his hand from the last checker to be moved SCORING BG: Gammons and backgammons score double and triple the stake respectively Tavla: Both gammons and backgammons score two points DOUBLING CUBE BG: Games are played with the cube and detailed rules govern cube handling Tavla: Games are cubeless, no rules governing cube actions MATCH PLAY BG: Games played to set number of points, with Crawford Rule in force Tavla: Games played to set number of points, Crawford Rule is unknown TIME FRAME FOR MOVES BG: Clock Rules may be in force Tavla: No formal time constraints JARGON BG: Players exhibit affinity for jargon during discourse Tavla: Players are familiar with jargon coming from Persian language. If the explanation above is not enough, we are always open to your questions as the Turkish Modern Backgammon Players Association. Our web address is www.wbf-turkey.com. Thanx :)   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Variations

Acey-deucy  (J. Nagel, Dec 2004) 

Acey-deucy  (Steve Ewert, June 1998) 

Acey-deucy  (Lee+, Jan 1997) 

Acey-deucy  (John David Galt+, Dec 1995) 

Acey-deucy  (James Eibisch, Apr 1995) 

Backwards play  (Colin Bell+, Feb 1996) 

Bad advice  (Jason Lee+, Mar 2004) 

Best-of-n variant of match play  (Tim Chow+, Feb 2009) 

Bluff Cube  (Timothy Chow+, Dec 2012) 

BluffGammon  (Christian Munk-Christensen, June 2009) 

Cancelgammon  (Ilia Guzei+, Mar 2004) 

Domino backgammon  (Laury Chizlett, Sept 1999) 

Duodecagammon  (David Moeser, Dec 2000) 

Duplicate backgammon  (Dean Gay+, Jan 1997) 

Duplicate backgammon  (Albert Steg, Feb 1996) 

Exact bearoff  (Chris Moellering+, Dec 2002) 

Fevga  (George, Sept 2004) 

Fevga (or Moultezim)  (Igor Sheyn+, May 1995) 

Freeze-out match  (Dave Brotherton, July 1998) 

Gabgammon  (jckz, Oct 2005) 

Greek backgammon  (Alexandre Charitopoulos, Aug 2003) 

Greek backgammon  (Alexandros Chatzipetros, June 1997) 

Greek backgammon  (Marc Jacobs+, Feb 1994) 

Hit man  (Matt Reklaitis, Jan 2004) 

Hyper backgammon  (Gregg Cattanach+, Dec 2000) 

Hyper backgammon  (Michael A Urban, Oct 1993) 

International backgammon  (Bob Lancaster+, Oct 2002) 

Jacquet  (Mark Driver, June 2001) 

Joker cube  (Joe Russell+, May 2011) 

Khachapuri  (Michael Petch+, Sept 2010) 

Kleinman's tandem backgammon  (Fabrice Liardet+, May 2010) 

LongRun  (Bill Hickey, Mar 2010) 

Longgammon  (Michael Strato, Dec 2000) 

Low number first, fixed dice, others.  (Walter Trice, Jan 1997) 

Mexican  (Tom Henry, Apr 1997) 

Middle Eastern backgammon  (Alan Cairns, Mar 2002) 

Misere (backgammon to lose)  (Jason Lee+, July 2004) 

Misere (backgammon to lose)  (Jason Lee+, Apr 1995) 

Misere, Chase, Skewed dice  (Stein Kulseth, Jan 1997) 

Nackgammon  (Ken Arnold, July 1996) 

Nackgammon Shuffle  (Stick, Sept 2011) 

Nackgammon opening moves  (Warwick+, Feb 2002) 

Narde  (narde, Nov 2006) 

Nardi  (KL Gerber+, Nov 2002) 

No hit  (RedTop+, May 2004) 

Nuclear backgammon  (Walt Swan, Apr 1997) 

Old English  (Nick Wedd+, Feb 1996) 

One roll lookahead  (Stephen Turner, Mar 1997) 

Opening slot rule  (Gregg Cattanach, June 2006) 

Other variations  (Douglas Zare, Feb 2000) 

Plakoto  (Ed Dengler+, May 1995) 

Plakoto  (Pasteel M., Feb 1994) 

Plakoto express  (Athansios Vagias, Feb 2005) 

Portes  (George, Sept 2004) 

Roll-over  (Edward D. Collins, Oct 1997) 

Russian backgammon  (Daavid Turnbull, Aug 1991) 

SassanGammon  (Chiva Tafazzoli+, June 2009) 

Shesh Besh  (G.S., May 2003) 

Simborg Rule  (Scott+, Feb 2005) 

Slot backgammon  (Fabrice Liardet+, Aug 2008) 

Sudden death, Woodpecker, Gerhardsen  (Fredrik Dahl, Jan 1997) 

Tablestakes betting  (TrueMoneygames, June 2002) 

Takhteh  (Bruce Scott+, Mar 2003) 

Tandem Backgammon  (Mislav Kovacic, Feb 2012) 

Tavla  (Arda Findikoglu, Nov 2004) 

Tavla  (ucc02cx+, Feb 1997) 

Tavli (Portes, Plakoto, and Fevga)  (Jens Larsen, July 1997) 

Tavli question  (Brus+, Apr 2011) 

Tracy turn around  (Michael J. Zehr, Feb 1996) 

Tri-gammon  (Gregg Cattanach, Sept 2000) 

Trictrac  (David Levy+, May 1998) 

Trigammon  (James Eibisch, Jan 1997) 

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