The game: a tavli game, coming soon | Nom de Plume Analytique Inc.

Four old men sit side by side behind a café table. One wears a flat cap and has a grey moustache. One is bald, with big white eyebrows and a long white moustache. One has slicked-back dark hair and wears a tie. One has grey hair and an open smile.

What is tavli?

Tavli is the Greek family of backgammon games. People play it in cafés, with a coffee and a glass of water, and they talk the whole time.

Our game has three of them: Portes, Plakoto and Fevga. You can play each one alone. Or you can play Tavli, which plays all three in turn, with one score.

A tavli board seen from above, with white and black checkers on wooden points, two dice, and a name plate for the old man you are playing. — A drawing of the game's board. The game is still being made, so this will change.

Portes

Hit and race home.

Plakoto

Pin, never hit.

Fevga

All run the same way.

The old men

Barba-Stelios

Tired and superstitious. He is always losing his glasses.

Pappou Yioryi

The oldest and the grumpiest. A sharp player.

Kyr. Yiannis

Witty and snappy. He likes to play it safe.

Thio Stavros

Easygoing. He takes his time.

What to expect

Fair dice. A secure random source decides every roll. Nothing in the game changes it: not the level, not the old man, not how you are doing.
Exact rules. We check the rules with automated tests, so a move is allowed only if the real game allows it.
Greek and English. Play in either.
No ad networks, no tracking. The first version collects nothing about you.
Easy to see and touch. Big buttons, plain words, a calm board, large text if you need it, and colour choices for people who see colours differently.

When and where

The game is for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets. It is not out yet. We will show its name and the date here when we are ready.

Questions about the game? Write to us.