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Artist: Copyright © Rasmus Holbroe (Jan. 2016).

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  07-12/19:22 branan:  @mmagari you're named Gondolfo like the Conte di Piacenza?

  07-12/17:20 Steiger:  Enjoy, my friend!

  07-12/11:19 OdinHimself:  Skal!

  07-11/21:04 mmagari:  Dear friends, Steiger has created a wonderful Brandubh for me. I thank him very much in front of the whole community, I hope to soon be able to put on my blog some photos that give testimony to Alexander's art, which I greet with affection.
Marco Gandolfo

  07-10/11:46 epm180:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-10/03:14 Mykle:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-10/03:14 Mykle:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-08/21:00 mmagari:  despite the heat and the ailments I continue with passion to realize the images of the blog ...

good night


 
I present to you my latest works:
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/07/il-segreto-di-mmag-mmxix.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/07/bei-soldi-il-testimonial-di-classe-di.html

Marco

  07-06/20:46 jrton80:  O'duh, http not https

  07-06/08:10 Hagbard:  just use non secure connection:
http://beta.playtaflonline.com

  07-06/01:39 jrton80:  what's going on with beta.playtaflonline.com? it is saying "This server could not prove that it is beta.playtaflonline.com; its security certificate expired 39 days ago..." I, cutting down on things while I was out on vacation, just noticed this.

  07-05/18:31 jrton80:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-01/21:37 Bogd Khan:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-01/17:12 Hagbard:  In a small detail: they have a throne, and the initial setup is changed.
The numbers come from a list of setups:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=1164#p1164

  07-01/17:05 ChaolAibhne:  @Hagbard You've extended invitations for variants described as Ard Ri-26, Ard Ri-32 and Ard Ri-39. Do these differ from the regular Ard Ri rules?

  07-01/16:48 Luizz:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-01/16:39 sqAree:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-01/13:38 xerxes:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  07-01/10:42 Agmundr:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  06-30/16:27 Rossomaha:  Deregisters from the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  06-30/16:11 chuck ward:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  06-30/14:24 ChaolAibhne:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2019.

  06-28/15:50 mmagari:  Dear friend, I present my latest works:
 
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/cyborg-girl-di-mg.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/gentleman-and-young-lady-of-mmag-mmxix.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/introspezione-di-marco-gandolfo.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/an-interesting-wheel-di-mg.html

  06-20/18:33 OdinHimself:  All of them are great! Can you implement some viking's mythology in one of your next works?

  06-19/22:06 mmagari:  Dear friend, I present my latest works:
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/il-cerchio-di-marco-gandolfo.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/voi-siete-un-covo-di-vipere-di-marco.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-dream-di-marco-gandolfo.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-sleep-di-marco-gandolfo.html

  06-18/20:03 OdinHimself:  Outstanding!

  06-17/21:22 mmagari:  Dear friends, I present my latest work:https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/06/la-cattura-della-lunar-creatura-di.html
thanks

  06-15/07:54 Hagbard:  True; corrected; thank you!

  06-15/01:31 ChaolAibhne:  @Hagbard I think there may be a bug in the game engine's detection of white being surrounded. In the recent MasterLuke/ChaolAibhne game of Tablut I think move 45 should have ended the game according to rule 7b.

  06-10/23:59 chuck ward:  World Championship Tournament 2019!!!!!

  06-10/19:51 Hagbard:  Proposal for World Championship Tournament 2019:
http://aagenielsen.dk/wtfturnering2019.php

  06-06/20:04 Hagbard:  There've been these versions of the text:
  
Linné's diary:
14. "Arx potest intercludere, æque ac trio[tertio?], ut si miles in 2 et hostis in 3 est, occiditur4."
Olli Salmi translation:
14. "The fort can block, as a third [piece], so if there is a soldier in 2 and enemy in 3, it is killed."

Sten Helmfrid:
"The four corner squares are hostile to all pieces, which means that they can replace one of the two pieces taking part in a capture. The throne is always hostile to the attackers, but only hostile to the defenders when it is empty."

ChaolAibhne:
"The empty throne square is hostile, which means that it can replace one of the pieces taking part in a capture."

  06-05/14:50 ChaolAibhne:  Could I make a suggestion for simplifying the explanation of the hostile throne in the rules for historical hnefatafl? Currently it says: "The throne square is hostile, which means that it can replace one of the two pieces taking part in a capture. The throne is always hostile to the attackers, but only hostile to the defenders when it is empty." There seems to me to be some unnecessary distinctions being made between attackers and defenders and between an occupied and an empty hostile throne. Rather the throne itself is hostile only when it is empty and then to both attackers and defenders. When the throne is occupied (by the king) it is not the throne itself that takes part in a capture, but rather the king, and that is already covered in the explanation of regular capture. There is also the problem that the empty throne is said to replace one of the two pieces taking needed for a capture, but of course it would be four when capturing the king. So I propose that the quoted text could be replaced by this simpler and more accurate sentence: "The empty throne square is hostile, which means that it can replace one of the pieces taking part in a capture."

  06-04/12:29 OdinHimself:  @Agmundr: Mine is Shield wall! \m/ \m/

  06-04/08:43 Agmundr:  Hail to all! Some of you may know that Amon Amarth has released a new album "Berserker"! \m/ My favourite song is "The Berserker at Stamford Bridge"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srZJpwtaArQ May you all have a great summer with a lot of interesting and good games! Skål! 🍻

  06-03/15:39 Hagbard:  The large forum is opened for some days for new registerings.

  06-02/13:34 Hagbard:  x2 would cover it -

  06-02/12:45 Khan Asparukh:  @Hagbard: is there a chance to make time control in which the free time to move is no less than one day and the buffer is not less than 10 days and to be rated?

  06-01/21:15 Hagbard:  - When a game lasted for a long time already, the free time per move is only 1 hour, then time is taken from the buffer.

  06-01/20:14 Khan Asparukh:  @Hagbard: when the  runs  Free time per move it should not run out of buffer time.I think this is not the case at the moment

  06-01/15:13 Hagbard:  ok

  06-01/15:08 chuck ward:  @ Hagbard. I did not realize the tournament was 13x13. I have no interest in playing, please take me out of it. Sorry if it messes with things.

  06-01/11:46 Hagbard:  - and tournaments are timed x2.

  06-01/11:42 Hagbard:  Normal timing:
Free time per move: 0.5 day. Time buffer 3 days.
If you move faster than the 0.5 day, then half of the saved time is restored to your time buffer. The buffer cannot exceed 3 days, though.
If the game exceeds 6 days, then in the period 6-12 days the free time is gradually reduced from 0.5 day to 1 hour. However, if it's a game of very many moves (fx. on large boards), then the "long game threshold" is increased accordingly.
If you are flagged for timeout, it will not happen until after 13 hours since your last move.

x2 timing: All this x 2.
x10 timing: All this x 10.

When your time buffer is less than 2 days, you'll see a blue warning.
When you're less than 1 day from timeout, you'll se a red warning.

  06-01/11:18 Khan Asparukh:  @Hagbard:can you write the times of the three types of game controls at the moment Timing,Timing X2, Timing X10 because I think there are still some changes

  05-29/17:20 Steiger:  Without a doubt!)

  05-29/06:33 OdinHimself:  @ Steiger: Where? When? Is it true? :)

  05-28/20:44 Steiger:  Hooray, Сrust is back!!!

  05-27/21:09 Hnefihunter:  @mmagari: nice art)

  05-27/20:57 mmagari:  Hello, I present my latest works of art from my blog https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com, thanks for your attention :

https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/05/max-richter-di-marco-gandolfo_27.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/05/il-denaro-non-dorme-mai-di-marco.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/05/il-rassicurante-sorriso-dei-poteri.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/05/richie-hawtin-di-marco-gandolfo.html
https://marcogandolfoworks.blogspot.com/2019/05/le-liberta-individuali-di-marco-gandolfo.html

  05-19/10:32 Hagbard:  Daffodil and Bean changed mode.

  05-18/20:33 ChaolAibhne:  @Hagbard Could you please set child mode for the accounts Daffodil and Bean. That will mean they can play others than just me. From what I understand Riiem has several students who would be keen to join. So I think you can be assured that your efforts have been of use.

  05-18/12:43 Hagbard:  yes if there are existing child aliases, they can be manually changed into child mode.

  05-18/11:41 ChaolAibhne:  Or were you meaning for to me tell you the names of existing accounts that would want child mode?

  05-18/11:28 ChaolAibhne:  Yes, it would be useful to have the option of child mode for existing accounts. Thanks.

  05-18/01:00 Hagbard:  It's an option at new registerings. But if you need it for an existing, please tell

  05-18/00:30 ChaolAibhne:  Great news that child mode is now available. Is the option only presented for new users as I don't see it in my settings?

  05-17/08:26 Hagbard:  Child mode introduced with no chat. However I still believe that it will not be of much use -

  05-15/20:05 Riiem:  Awesome update to come!!!

  05-15/12:52 ChaolAibhne:  @Hagbard Thank you. Let's pass this game we love on to the next generation!

  05-15/12:45 Hagbard:  I'll have a look at it soon.

  05-15/12:23 ChaolAibhne:  Ah, I see. I would lean to letting the child decide whether to take on the challenge of playing many simultaneous games in a tournament. I know children who would like to do that. But the safeguards we've been talking about would need to be in place.

  05-15/12:11 Hagbard:  No not difficult to implement, difficult to the children, 20 simultaneous games against adults -

  05-15/11:30 ChaolAibhne:  OK, if no tournaments makes it easier to implement a child mode, could we go for that for just now? As I said, I'd be happy to help implement it.

  05-15/11:16 Hagbard:  Just that tournaments with all adult opponents might be too difficult.

  05-15/11:00 ChaolAibhne:  I think no game chat and no chat forum would be enough for a potential child mode, but perhaps I've missed something –  what is the thinking behind no tournaments? And, yes, of course it's possible that a child might deliberately subvert the instructions of their parent or teacher and register under a different alias, but that's a different scenario from the more basic one that I am thinking of.

  05-15/10:16 Hagbard:  Perhaps child mode could be: no game chat, no chat forum, no tournaments.

  05-15/10:07 Hagbard:  If there were fx. a "Child mode" option, then the child could choose the mode or not, voluntarily. If parents or teachers register the child with the mode active, the child could register another alias without it. So wouldn't it be difficult how to make the idea work properly?

  05-15/09:46 Riiem:  And @Hagbard, there is some kids that played here during your 9 yrs of existence! But they played on my  account during special class! I even used one of our game to have a group play on the class screen, we were studying wich moves was the bests all together xD

  05-15/09:43 Riiem:  That would be great! As an elementary teacher, i teach Tafl to all my students and i have the same issue, i can't give website that contains chat to the parents, but im pretty sure that some students would love to play online. (There's some 7 yrs old kids that play pretty well for that age :) )

  05-15/09:35 ChaolAibhne:  Among the people that I have been introducing the game to are some children, but their parents would be hesitant to let them play online if there is a chat facility. I'd be happy to help with implementing the option if the codebase is available somewhere.

  05-15/08:27 Hagbard:  It could be done. However, on the internet Hnefatafl seems to be very much an adult game. I'm aware that in the game clubs and markets in Ukraine, Norway and UK also children meet the game. But during the 9 years of human-against-human games on this site there were no children. I guess that they are busy at video games.

  05-15/01:36 ChaolAibhne:  With the possibility of children joining this community, could there be an account setting to disable the in-game chat facility?

  05-13/09:50 Hagbard:  Registering of aliases from the same computer is limited to two. Unfortunately the limit also disturbs cases like this where you simply want to show the game to family and friends and start them up. That is not the intention, I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

  05-12/23:35 ChaolAibhne:  Earlier today I was trying to help someone new get signed up, but after entering their name and password and clicking the button to invite someone for a game they kept getting taken back to the original page. Is there a problem just now with signing up? Prior to that I had managed to help someone else get signed up and playing.

  05-12/20:04 Hagbard:  Rules for Saami Sáhkku:
http://www.varjjat.org/govat/doc/norsk.pdf
Dice for playing the first variant:
http://aagenielsen.dk/terning_sahkku.php

  05-08/09:52 branan:  Nope. Just saw that on wikipedia.

  05-07/23:23 Hagbard:  Very many attackers on such a small board. Do you know the game balance?

  05-07/22:52 branan:  Oh. I believed Ard Ri should start like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Ard-Ri_board.svg

  05-07/19:37 Hagbard:  yes same setup, the difference is that brandubh has forbidden corners

  05-07/18:16 branan:  @Hagbard: Ard Ri illustration on rules page (http://aagenielsen.dk/tafl_rules.php) is not the good one: it's brandubh board setup twice instead.

  05-06/17:59 Hagbard:  The large forum is for a few days opened for new registering.

  05-04/01:09 jrton80:  ok, I lost the thread there

  05-04/01:04 jrton80:  (Yes, I am joking but I still think it funny enough to share) @Hagbard, Bug? What bug? It was a tactic that a lot of people did not see coming (including myself a few times damn you Bogd Khan. Ok, ok, that was more than a little embarrassing since I tagged Bogd Khan with it first) as Casshern's post whom I suspect is really a well programed AI (does a blue balloon sound familiar to anyone? although I think of Casshern as a Green Balloon, idk why) who you programed just to mess with the rest of us. Now I have to rethink Soooo many things. Very inconvenient to have to think and all.

  05-01/16:48 Hagbard:  http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Nyhedsarkiv/2019/Maj/01/Vikingeborge-skal-vare-verdensarv/

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/hovedstadsomraadet/vikingeborge-skal-have-samme-status-som-pyramiderne-og-venedig

  04-30/21:19 Hagbard:  Old Hnef. Master tourn.:
#2: Kllimm. #3: Agmundr and Jrton80

  04-24/07:08 Hagbard:  Bug fixed

  04-21/08:17 Hagbard:  @ChaolAibhne: It was tested as an experiment. a9 was captured by a8 and b9, but not a8 by a7.
The rule was active for a period in many games, and it turned out to be superfluous; because in all the games corner pieces never occured to be captured this way.
There is in real games no need for a rule detail like this, so for simplicity the idea was dropped:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38&p=1108#p1011

  04-20/13:15 ChaolAibhne:  The summary for Sea Battle 9*9 (Imperial Contest) games says that a piece can be captured "on a corner square", but I see no mention of this in the rules. Does it mean that a piece on a9 can be captured by a8 and b9, or that (as in brandubh) a8 can be captured by a7?

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Updated 15.7.2019