Play!

Don't hang about do you?

Why, would you prefer Tavli instead?

I always get burned at fevga! I'm not too bad at portes and plakoto though.

Is it on the 'to do' list?

Yes. But I must modify the system first, there are too many variants of some games.

I bet there'll be a load of Greeks coming to the site when you do have tavli! Although portes is the most popular individual game, the set of three is regularly played in tavernas and the coffee shops.

tavli = backgammon isnt it ? *ponder*

Tavli is a set of three gammon games... portes, plakoto and fevga. They are usually played as a set for points. Portes is virtually the same as backgammon on here.

http://users.hol.gr/~mmagirou/

ah thanks! nice games ... any experience with the one starting in opposite corners ? (#3 on that page)

lol .. the hyper gammon bkr is showing above these posts .. :)

sign up : HERE

Hrqls: No more.

ahhhhh :) fun game .. although a bit more dependend on luck :)

plays nice fast :)

HyperGammon

So far, after 50 games it is pretty even.

White won: 24 games

Black won: 26 games

Nice game ( fast..how i like it) Shame i only found out aboput it by accident

Stevie: I wanted to run a small test. How many people would find out about it by accident?

I thought tests were normally done behind the scenes on test site

Youll be surprised how many dont read the game boards. I only found out cos I was invited to a game LOL

i don't get hyper backgammon (read the rules already)

simplycreative: The rules are as per normal game of backgammon, only difference with the game is you only have 3 tokens not 15. Does this clarify for you.

skipinnz: that's it? geeze... *leaves in embarressment*

I like this game hyper gammon. I am glad fenceer started. I hope that it will be a permanent game.

is there a way to find the average number of moves over all finished hyper gammon games so far ?

and the minimum and maximum number of moves ? ;)

well two of my games was 9 and one of them was 14

my minimum was 7 .. and i saw fencer has one with 37

I always thought Acey-Duecey was the only variant of Backgammon, and on this site it is about the only one that isn't on it! Any chance of getting it?

All hits, all the time.
Is it possible to win in three or four turns with the right rolls of the dice? I have a game going with pgt that's already made it to move 20! Longer than some regular games of Backgammon.

How do you play a backgammon game in just 20 moves?
Just running along is somehow missing the spirit of the game,,,,

Blackadder Mr K:
Regular Backgammon 19 moves no resignation all blots off, I lost the game:
http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=594012

Hyper Backgammon after 21 moves, looks like I'm losing it on the next turn as I didn't roll what I needed:
http://brainking.com/game/ShowGame?g=600158

I'm not sure what you mean by the spirit of the game. Some games there's lots of drinking and partying at the bar, other games we just go on our merry way and pass each on the street. That's just how Backgamon goes.

Well,it looks like we look at the games in diferent ways,,,,

Surely the "spirit" of the game is trying to get your pieces off first! Fortunately the rules are such that the strategy and tactics used are not always obvious.

grenv: The "spirit" of the games is the Dice God up in the sky who watches over all the games, and (sometimes) favours the bold and sometimes doesn't

pgt: All that religious nonsense doesn't obscure the fact that I just won your tournament through skill and application, with no help from Santa Claus or any other imaginary being.

grenv: That's bull, you paid the dice guy more than I could afford. :)
Lots of skill in getting double sixes when it's the only point open and you have two blots drinking at the bar and hitting one of mine one the way out.
Congratulations on your tournament win. You pulled a rabbit out of your hat with this one. I had you pegged for third place at one time during it.

The skill is in calculating the correct bribe and still leave enough money for the other games.

no thats another game : pond :)

BIG BAD WOLF: Color makes no difference. It is the random nature of the opening move.

Hrqls: Looks like the game "Trouble".

Rex Nihilo: could be .. i dont know 'trouble' :)

'mens erger je niet' is translated into english as 'hey dont stress' .. or something like that :)

its a game children play a lot, and which is cheated a lot in when grown ups play it together ;)

its mainly backgammon for 4 players (6 can be done as well on a variant), all 4 players moves in the same direction (clockwise i think), they all have 4 pieces which start on their bar, and have to make it to the end (their home). they can only move from their bar when they throw a 6
in 'mens erger je niet' only 1 die is used, and it isnt allowed to have more than 1 piece on a space (so no way to defend yourself other than to make it home as soon as possible, and to stay out of reach ;))

but this could be changed to create some sort of multi player backgammon :)

Hrqls: Check this out.

http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.9482/dn/games/default.cfm

The geometry is a bit different, and it's "Pop'o'Matic", but it's the same basic Parchisi varient.

*nod* looks like 'mens erger je niet' :)

wouldnt it be fun to have something like that if there was a multi player interface on here ? ;)

Hrqls: I haven't played that game since I was a kid. lol

lol the same for me .. so i could be a bit wrong on the rules ...

but lets instead try to create a nice 4 player backgammon .. it could be something like that .. and would be a nice first variant to allow with multiple players i think ?

(hmm maybe fencer wants to add new games for multiplayer instead of variants .. not sure .. ;))

Rex Nihilo: i should have looked this up sooner : Ludo ... its exactly 'mens erger je niet' as i know it

Hrqls: Strange. The rules of Ludo as described are quite different from "Mens erger je niet", as I have played on both side of the Atlantic. (Doubles? Penalty on three 6's? Another throw when taking an opponents pawn? Play dice in the order you want? None of this is in the rules of "Mens erger je niet")

AbigailII: oops ... i didnt read through the complete rules .. just watched the board setup, and noticed you started with 4 pieces in your nest and could enter the path when you throw a 6 ... thats when i stopped reading ;)

i am back to studying i guess ;)

(it seems today is not a good game for me to play games which i have to study ;))

triple 6 gives penalty - hey! thats unfair! never played that

bonus for moving into home - new to me

missing your home - impossible how we played it

bonus when you capture another player - uh oh .. double nasty .. new to me

doubles ??? cool!


--- ok remove these rules and you will have 'mens erger je niet' the way i played it as a kid .. i think ;)

sounds like "mensch argere dich nicht! played that in germany, and bought it when i went to visit there last.. its fun!

thats the literal translation of 'mens erger je niet' ;)

Are the dice rolls determined by a random number generator or something here? They seem to act much more different here than on another turn based game site which I will leave the name out of this post but I am sure many of you who read this will know who I mean. That other site the dice act strange to me.