Palamedes Tavli

Play Tavli, and other Backgammon variants against award winning AI

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Play backgammon variants Tavli, Portes, Plakoto, Fevga against world class AI. Palamedes has won the computer backgammon championship two times (2011, 2015). Never get bored playing the same game. Palamedes currently supports Greek variants (Portes, Plakoto, Fevga). You can also play the traditional Greek variant Tavli where all three games are played in the same match! Palamedes AI is based on Artificial Neural Networks trained on millions of self-play games using advanced reinforcement learning techniques. Special AI algorithms are also used for individual matches as well as for Tavli matches. Features: -Play against world class AI -Three backgammon games (Portes, Plakoto, Fevga). -Three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Expert) -Match play for all three games -Tavli match (Portes-Plakoto-Fevga). All three games in the same match. -Manual dice option -Minimal permissions needed -Completely free (no ads) -AI can resign on hopeless positions -Undo moves -Statistics Permissions : "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" is required for storing logs, stats, and user options. If you deny this permission the game will be playable but any changes to the settings will not be available the next time you start the app. Additionally, stats for game and dice will not be saved.

Info

  • Genre

    Board

  • Rating

    Rated for 3+

  • Release

    Oct 22, 2013

  • Last Update

    0.49.25: -Bugfixes

Reviews

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    Nikolaos Tsouridis

    Bad app, the cpu is getting double all the time ,even 5-6 in a row , or other ones so the system is winning ,so at the end you give up

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    Pan Tsak

    it's amazing that this guy created the real greek tavli..but the dice is not normal. I understand that in expert level it's frustrating and it's extremely hard to win but even in normal level the dice is not fair. you get better dice once every 4-5 games..

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    adush karabushi

    Ridiculous, in expert mode.

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    Paul Paraschivescu

    Very nice, add option for game speed and work on the board colors

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    Barukh S

    AI plays smart, but the luck of its rolls on expert level are completely unrealistic. I totally agree that there is a problem with the random generator, as these games do not reflect random numbers. The cpu had consistently small needs when needed, more doubles than me through 5 games, and landed on exactly the roll it needed to pin my piece in plakoto every time. The game plays fine, but graphics are rather ugly, and dice and totally unrealistic. Uninstalled.

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    Antonios Tsepelidis

    Totally unfair dice, just watch being beaten

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    Georges P

    Excellent game that is fairly easy on the battery, plays nicely, and isn't biased. Comparable to XG mobile. Nice to see Tavli variants as opposed to straight Backgammon. No adverts! Couple of suggestions: The settings are lost everytime you leave the game (why do i need the sounds turned back on or the slower animations?) The animation could be a lot quicker.

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    Brian Ostro

    Although the AI is strong, I asked the developer a year ago to offer an option for normal graphics that dont include candylike and kindergerden neon colors that make the game look childlike , developer ignored my request , a year is long enough

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    Haig Jason

    You will never ever lose as badly as this in real games. Totally rigged. There is no AI. Just Grose blatant cheating with favourable dice by the computer.

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    dashstofsk

    This is a great app. The game engine is very good. The app would be better still if the board graphic could be improved. The white background can be a strain to have to look at for a long time. It would also be useful if the app could export game moves in the TAVLI format in the same way as is done in the desktop version of this program. Also, a doubling cube would attract more interest from the Backgammon playing community.

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    Ar K

    Needs a lot of improvement on: 1) options 2)appearance

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