Palamedes Tavli

Nikolaos Papahristou

About this game

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.

Ratings and reviews

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.

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.

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.

What's new

0.49.25:
-Bugfixes