The second week has passed more quickly than the first and I think I am getting used to some traditions that make my days here in Gaziantep.
I was looking at my pictures and the first one I took is the picture of the most common and used table game : I am talking about Tavla!
Here you see the game, and I'll try to explain to you the rules.
It might seems similar to draughts but it isn't.
There are two players, each one choose a different pieces color, normally you find red / white or black / white. Then you start spreading the pieces on the table, but not in a casual order. You should follow this scheme:
Then let's roll the dices (two for every match) and move your pieces depending from the number you made. If one dice makes 2 and the other 4 you can move one piece for two 2 steps and another for 4 or you can also move the same piece for 6 steps. The moving direction is anti-clockwise and your aim is to collect all of you pieces on the corner which is on your right...
If you match your adversary piece and that piece lie there alone, then you block it and your friend will have to re-collocate his blocked piece on the farther point, it means at the beginning (and the same if it happens to you!)
The special rule is this: if your two dices make the same number, your chance to move the pieces get double for each of them!
...at the end....
Once all of your pieces are close to you, you start collect them out of the table....and the player who has no more pieces on it, so he's the winner!!
I hope I was clear hehe anyway you can find the rules of this game in many websites (like here).
It is very popular and you need to learn it if you are planning a long-time trip to Turkey so you won't get bored wher you cross a Turkish café! Like for us italians some cards games or Monopoli ...
Well, now you can play Tavla
while having a Turkish coffee!
à la prochaine !!
Sara
I was looking at my pictures and the first one I took is the picture of the most common and used table game : I am talking about Tavla!
Here you see the game, and I'll try to explain to you the rules.
It might seems similar to draughts but it isn't.
There are two players, each one choose a different pieces color, normally you find red / white or black / white. Then you start spreading the pieces on the table, but not in a casual order. You should follow this scheme:
Then let's roll the dices (two for every match) and move your pieces depending from the number you made. If one dice makes 2 and the other 4 you can move one piece for two 2 steps and another for 4 or you can also move the same piece for 6 steps. The moving direction is anti-clockwise and your aim is to collect all of you pieces on the corner which is on your right...
If you match your adversary piece and that piece lie there alone, then you block it and your friend will have to re-collocate his blocked piece on the farther point, it means at the beginning (and the same if it happens to you!)
The special rule is this: if your two dices make the same number, your chance to move the pieces get double for each of them!
...at the end....
Once all of your pieces are close to you, you start collect them out of the table....and the player who has no more pieces on it, so he's the winner!!
I hope I was clear hehe anyway you can find the rules of this game in many websites (like here).
It is very popular and you need to learn it if you are planning a long-time trip to Turkey so you won't get bored wher you cross a Turkish café! Like for us italians some cards games or Monopoli ...
Well, now you can play Tavla
while having a Turkish coffee!
à la prochaine !!
Sara
Nice work))) Tavlya and Turkish coffee. A little bit more and we'll be like the locals
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