Play Hnefatafl Online. The Viking board game.

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Тавлеи против людей.
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Artist: Copyright © Rasmus Holbroe (Jan. 2016).

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11-26/09:10 Hagbard: @gulo, registered in large forum.

11-18/07:44 Hagbard: Where wolves hunt, there gather the crows.

11-13/14:42 Hagbard: The warrior dies, but his name lives on.

11-13/12:56 Hagbard: Andreas Mogensen and Odin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwaTJNGeVs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwaTJNGeVs

11-10/08:57 Hagbard: Fear not death, for the hour of your doom is set, and no one can escape it.

11-10/08:55 Hagbard: *** Info ***
When possible some day soon, Cop. round 4 and Hist. round 5 will start at about 18 o'clock Danish time.

11-09/00:35 Hagbard: Og de bar stadig ĝl ind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCNomY98BQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCNomY98BQ

11-05/19:31 Hagbard: One's back is vulnerable, unless one has a brother.

11-05/09:49 Draganov: @All, I am thinking of a new great Grand Masters tournament. In 2014 Schachus, Crust and Nath played against each other in such a tournament with Nath winning the tournament. I propose something similar but little bit bigger as a tournament. It is obvious that in Copenhagen variant there are top 5 players who are equally strong (except Casshern who is little bit ahead). These players are Casshern, Draganov, Alex Hnefatafl, OdinHimself and Cacreal. I think it will be great if we manage to organize a tournament where these 5 players are playing in round-robin format playing 4 games against each other (16 games per player for the whole tournament). The games could be distributed in 2 rounds. In each round a player is playing 2 games (black and white) against each of the other players (8 games per round in total for each player). I think playing 8 games it will not be too much for each of the players.

11-05/09:22 Hagbard: Most active Hnefatafl countries on this site Oct. 2024:
1. USA
2. Bulgaria
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Russia
6. Canada
7. Moldavia
8. France

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Lejre
Alexander Steiger Dis' game set up in the Royal Hall in Lejre, Denmark. (Click on the image)

Forskningsdagene
Train your brain like a viking. Science Days in Norway Sep. 27th 2020. (Click on the image!)

Hnefatafl is also known by the names Nefatavl, The King's Table, The Viking Game, Viking Chess, Tablut or simply Tafl.
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The origin of the Viking board game Hnefatafl and the Berserk rules.
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Viking word of wisdom: The Hávamál.
(Havámál på dansk).

World Championship Tournament 2023.

Здесь можно играть в тавлеи против людей. Можно использовать кириллицу.

Many thanks to Tim Millar ("crust"), Adam Bartley ("Adam"), John C. Ashton, Nicolas Cartier, Jonas Lööf ("conanlibrarian"), Olli Salmi, Damian Walker ("cyningstan"), Rasmus Holbroe, Thore Nissen, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Corey Hart ("Brench"), Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Dmitry Pashkov, Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), David Zolli ("branan"), Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Alessandro Arzani ("Abbas Agraphicus") and all players who contributed to this site and to the photo gallery. And not least the more than 600 players the world over who played here 50,000 real tafl games humans against humans and created a vast, practical experience with this intriguing, historical board game.

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