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| Genres | Board game, race game, tables game, dice game |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 |
| Movement | Portes and Plakoto: contrary; Fevga: parallel |
| Chance | Medium (dice rolling) |
| Skills | Strategy, tactics, counting, probability |
| Compendium game of the tables family | |
Tavli (Greek: Τάβλι), sometimes called Greek backgammon in English,[1] is the most popular way of playing tables games in Greece and Cyprus and is their national board game.[2][3] Tavli is a compendium game for two players which comprises three different variants played in succession: Portes, Plakoto and Fevga. These are played in a cycle until one player reaches the target score - usually five or seven points.[4]
- ^ Bronner (2015), p. 1020.
- ^ Hinebaugh (2019), p. 49.
- ^ All you need to know about Tavli, Greece's national board game at greekcitytimes.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Papahristou (2015), pp. 33–34.