Tavli

Tavli (Greek: Τάβλι, Turkish: Tavla, Tabla, Latin: Tabula), sometimes called Greek backgammon or Iraqi backgammon in English, is the most popular way of playing tables games in Balkans, Eastern Europe and West Asia particularly in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Lebanon and Cyprus and considered as national board game in many places with its variants. 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.