«Would "Tavli" be an olympic event, than Greece would allways win the Gold Medal!»
And it's true, watching the men playing in Greek Cafés, it becomes noticed that sometimes they play very loud and hectic and othertimes silent and relaxed, but in any case well concentrated and top motivated. These are scenes, which stand for the popularity of the game.

The rattle of the dice, the nearly blind moving of checkers by the players, the game board integrated in a simple wooden case, which seems not to have a start and an end point, and offcause the cryptic moves will fascinate the interested spectators.

I suppose, you would like to try it one time yourself. On the following pages you will find everything what an interested reader like you should know about tavli.