Now You Can Play Tavla Online!

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The backgammon game that we play today has been played since 3000BC. The game started in Turkey and is known as Tavla. The popularity of tavla has grown to worldwide proportions. People from South and North America play it regularly. It is a common occurrence to see men sitting in coffee shops all over the Mediterranean playing this game. Are there any differences between the original Tavla and today's backgammon? The answer is that the two games are almost exactly the same except for a few minor differences. With the power of the internet, not only can you play backgammon but you can play tavla online too.

The main differences between backgammon and Tavla are, firstly, that the winner of the opening roll rerolls for his first turn. In backgammon the winner does not get this privilege. The second difference is that in the Western game of backgammon one is allowed to "hit-and-run" in a player's home board. However, in tavla this is not the case and it is frowned upon. The third difference comes when it is time to bear off.

Bearing off is when you have all your pieces in the inner board and you systematically remove them from the game. In tavla and tavla online you man not unnecessarily waste pips when bearing off. In tavla and tavla online there are no such wins as backgammon as there are only gammons. When you win with tavla you will score one point for a normal win and then two points for a gammon win. Finally there is no use of the doubling cube played in either tavla live or tavla online.