Backgammon notation Similarly, 13/7*/5 denotes a move corresponding to a roll 6-2 and a checker moving from 13 to 5 hitting a checker at the in-between step at point 7. Moves resulting from double rolls are often indicated by placing the number of checkers moved in parentheses after the move. For example, the effect of a roll 2-2, could be: 6/4(3) 13/11. Finally, it is common to use the words "bar" and "off" to describe moves where checkers are entered from the bar or taken off during bear off. For instance bar/22 17/9, and 5/off 2/off. Backgammon notation Backgammon notation is a
Tables (board game) Georgia, ifranjiah is played as elsewhere, but called "nardi". In Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia many experienced players also play long narde, which some see as requiring deeper strategy. Gul bara, sometimes referred to as "rosespring backgammon" or "crazy narde", is a variant where there is no hitting. In Greece, tables games are called tavli (related to the word "tavla", meaning "board" or "table" or "tawleh" from Arabic, and cognate to the Latin "tabula"). "Tavli" was first described in an epigram of the Byzantine Emperor Zeno (AD 476–481). There are three mainstream different games, portes, plakoto, and fevga: The three