Play the popular board game with your friends! Backgammon, also known as Tavla, Narde or Tavli is a two players board game that involves a combination of strategy and luck, due to rolling dice. The goal is to remove all of one\u2019s own playing pieces \u26aa \u26ab from the board before the opponent can do the same. While the dice can determine the outcome of a single game, strategy is what separates the good and the better players over a series of games.