Alexandra the Tavli for Windows

User Reviews

• spyware comes with it

  phatboyroyJuly 3, 2013

  Pros

  stopped loading when my anti spyware through up issues.

  Cons

  spyware for free

  Summary

  installed; 3 spyware progs wangam,?? orcade?? links net?/ sod that

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• Absolutely fine and quite cute with it

  joyneskiJuly 12, 2010

  Pros

  Installation (on XP w/SP3) very straightforward, understood enough of the instructions to play straight away, and I like the pidgin-English insults. And I've just worked out how to undo my move!

  Cons

  Program moves its pieces so quickly you can't always tell what its moved; sometimes need to click on dice 2 or 3 times before I can move; instructions not always easy to understand (but his English is way better than my Greek!).

  Summary

  Lovely little program - as a backgammon game, it's pretty basic, but it also aims to be 'fun', which it achieves for me. Not sure what happened to the people who claim the program 'always throws the right dice' for it to win - I won 4 of the first 5 games I played, and 2 of them were doubles. Re Undo move - if you want to take back your move, you have to wait until the program's made its move, THEN click Undo, and it undoes its and your last move. If you move one man and then click Undo, you get a rather baffling message telling you to do it before you throw the dice, which initially made me think it didn't work. Then I tried doing what it said. Result!

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• A poor choice

  thunderloaderOctober 2, 2008

  Pros

  Nice graphics

  Cons

  Poor interface, poor instructions, trouble installing, instructions appearing in Greek and English simultaneously, and I never could get any of my pieces to move!

  Summary

  I uninstalled this game! Hopefully readers will take some advice and NOT install this one to begin with.

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• Excellent Backgammon game - Its Free

  Ian_BryantNovember 10, 2007

  Pros

  Great simple game of backgammon. Does what it says on the box. <p>If, I had paid £40 I might have expected more but I didn't <p>You can play back gammon and get sworn at in Greek!

  Cons

  Nothing. Its free and it does what it says on the box. <p>Ok there are no fancy bells and whistles, but I only wanted to play backgammon!

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• Oh dear......

  Eggenberg4EverFebruary 18, 2006

  Pros

  It's free..........

  Cons

  To coin a Greek phrase (or a few choice ones) this program is: Skata, Malakias and only playable if you are poly methysmenos. <p>It's buggy (the pieces float off the board) & the translation is absolutely brutal. <p>Avoid, tavli lovers!!!

  Summary

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• This is GREAT! Nice gaming pace

  gkruddDecember 15, 2005

  Pros

  This is a great game! The pace at which the game moves is perfect. The graphics are really nice, something for everyone. And ya gotta just love the ATTITUDE!

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• Excellent. Simple.

  sissa331February 4, 2005

  Pros

  This game is very easy to understand. I has extraordinary options. I enjoy the cup of coffee while playing.

  Cons

  Once you move a token, you cannot move it back.

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• Don't waste the time

  December 30, 2004

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  Summary

  This author's command of English is far weaker than he thinks it is. I wasted a few minutes trying to figure out how to play at all, found no help, ran flat out of patience and deleted it. "Worth every penny"

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• best i have seen for free!

  tertys7November 13, 2004

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  Summary

  if you turn off the drinks the game goes faster

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• Failed on my antique hardware

  October 21, 2004

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  Summary

  On my MMX-133 with 64 Megs RAM, Win98FE and ATI card, the men didn't land on the lines. The men spread out and the board was smaller, no matter whether I used resolution 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768. Maybe it works on modern hardware.

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