Backgammon for Tea / Coming to the App Store
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The tea is ordered and the board is open. Across the table sit the six regulars of a Turkish coffeehouse. There is no money and there are no coins on the table; you play over tea.
Publisher: Orhan Ege Bilge · Last updated: 11 October 2026
How do I play?
Pick a regular at the table and a match length (3, 5 or 7 points). Each side rolls one die to open and the higher roll starts. On your turn tap the dice; drag a checker, or tap it and then a lit point. You can undo a move; tap the dice again to end your turn. The game follows Turkish rules: a mars (gammon) counts two points and there is no doubling cube.
What are the seal and the dice log?
Every roll of a match is fixed by a secret seed before the first roll. The hash of that seed, the seal, stays on screen for the whole match. When the match ends the seed opens, and the dice log recomputes every roll from it and shows whether the seal holds. The seal proves the dice were not changed afterwards; it does not prove how well your opponent plays.
Why are the opponents of different strength?
Each regular has an error budget written on screen: the most one move may give up against the best play. The difficulty comes from that, never from the dice. Emre has the largest budget and Süreyya Bey the smallest.
What is the same-dice rematch for?
After a match you can ask for a rematch with the same dice. The seed stays and the seats swap: you get the rolls your opponent had in the first match. In a rematch the seed is open from the start.
What does the luck and error summary show?
After each game it shows what the dice gave each side, what the mistakes cost, and your costliest move. It is an estimate: the engine looks one move ahead.
Sound and language
On the table screen Voices, Effects and Haptics are switched separately. If you hear nothing, check the device’s silent mode and media volume. The game opens in Turkish or English, following the device language.
Saved data
The game is stored on the device; there is no account and no cloud sync. Deleting the app deletes the local data.
When do ads appear?
Only after a match has ended. There is no ad during a game, at launch or on exit. The same-dice rematch is never behind an ad. If you see an inappropriate ad, report it from the info icon on the ad, or write to us with a screenshot.
“Remove Ads” and restoring
It is a one-time purchase; it removes the ads between matches, and optional reward ads stay. On a new device, choose “Restore purchases” in the game’s settings with the same Apple Account. Refunds are handled by Apple: reportaproblem.apple.com
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