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World Tafl Federation Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2017.

Register for the tournament in July and August (press the "Enter" button below, fill in User name and Password and press the button "Register for the tournament").
The tournament starts September 15th 2017.

Registered participants by August 8th:
Steiger, jrton80, AreVidar, OdinHimself, edmond-dantes, animals, xerxes, altti, epm180, Kratzer, Tuireann, casshern, sqAree, Waegn, MrTopom, Hagbard, Patterson, Thanir, Fraech, DoktorKarlsrud, JKRS, emabear35, bigwurm91, tomsavini

Room for many more championship participants. If you weren't to make it to the Valhalla Final, no worries, you'll have the Round 2 in As-, Mith- or Utgarthr.
Notice: The time limit for registering for the Championship Tournament is September 14th 24:00 Danish time.

Tafl against humans.
Тавлеи против людей.

vikinger

Artist: Copyright © Rasmus Holbroe (Jan. 2016).
There is an invitation for a game of Hnefatafl.
Opponent: Hagbard, Copenhagen, Danmark

Tafl against the computer;
click on a board.

Play white
9x9

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9x9

Play white
11x11

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11x11

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Small forum.


  08-15/23:16 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard When will you create the Tawlbwrdd variant I offered you (Tawlbwrdd rules + Black can't cross over the throne)?

  08-14/09:50 Hagbard:  casshern won the Skalk Lewis diamond test tournament.

  08-13/11:47 Hagbard:  thanks!

  08-13/11:34 edmond-dantes:  Hagbard ;I found that Bersek is an interesting game

  08-13/11:31 edmond-dantes:  Interesting to me is what their results will be :)

  08-13/11:31 Hagbard:  Each year some (to us) new and unknown names have participated. Last year fx. bigwurm91 was unknown but even made it to the top final.
MrTopom is from France, DoktorKarlsrud from Norway, JKRS from Germany, emabear35 from UK and tomsavini from Italy.

  08-13/11:19 edmond-dantes:  Strangely, three players will play the championship without having played any Copenhagen game. Exclude tomsavini that stands with their real name. Can i know the others from which country they are?

  08-10/09:05 Hagbard:  Thanks. Championship tournament postponed till start September 15th, if no objections.

  08-08/21:41 Hagbard:  Notice the Play Live mode. This was the only way to play on this site until November 2011; only crust, Adam, Kratzer and my self remember those days.
The mode functions as it did then, with very similar time limits.
You have time to calmly play your game, five minutes to find a difficult move, and yet the timing ensures that the game in total does not take too long.
A useful mode, but at the moment only edmond-dantes, casshern and I use it.

  08-08/15:25 Hagbard:  Personally I like the Historical Hnefatafl on all the boards, except 7x7 Ard Ri which may not be the proper one found yet.
The Saami 9x9 board is a bit too small for a tournament, in my opinion.
The larger boards 13x13 and 15x15 give longer games, which is a problem on the internet where things take weeks or sometimes months...
So I would try the Tawlbwrdd 11x11; or possibly after all the 13x13 to get a more complex play.

  08-08/15:09 Ded Fomich:  @Hagbard What are your thoughts in general about the Historical Hnefatafl tournament? What tafl variant are you going to use? Saami Tablut?

  08-08/07:42 Steiger:  15.IX - no problem

  08-08/05:21 sqAree:  Yes please, 15.9. is nice!

  08-08/00:22 tomsavini:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-07/22:32 OdinHimself:  I'm ok with 15.09. Hagbard. No problems at all.

  08-07/20:46 Hagbard:  It is such a nice summer weather now, as for Denmark we've had lots of cold days this summer, too.
Would it be an idea to postpone the beginning of the Championship a couple of weeks till, say, September 15th?

  08-07/19:42 Hagbard:  If the World Championship were to start now, the Round 1 groups would be:
Group Jórvik:
Kratzer, Tuireann, casshern, MrTopom, DoktorKarlsrud, bigwurm91
Group Gàrtharíki:
OdinHimself, xerxes, epm180, Hagbard, Patterson, JKRS
Group Vinland:
Steiger, AreVidar, edmond-dantes, altti, Waegn, emabear35
Group Fornebei:
jrton80, animals, sqAree, Thanir, Fraech

  08-07/13:21 Hagbard:  Welcome to Tom Savini!

  08-07/11:08 Steiger:  Добро пожаловать, Том! Твоё здоровье! Skål!

  08-07/09:23 OdinHimself:  One more viking warrior joined us today! Welcom Tom Savini from Italy! Skal!

  08-07/04:20 bigwurm91:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-06/01:20 Steiger:  @Plantagenet, do you like late Darkthrone?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4wD-ldD4g0

  08-06/01:15 Steiger:  But, unfortunately, it doesn't impress me anymore

  08-06/01:07 Steiger:  Ha ha ha! You're a horrible man, you know it?;-)

  08-05/23:52 Plantagenet:  Yes, I like Black Metal and other stuffs alike. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQFIpCgN63A .

  08-05/22:23 Steiger:  @Plantagenet Do you really like raw black metal or you just trying to shine with your wit?

  08-05/17:06 Hagbard:  I like Kalabalik better, it's medieval music.

  08-05/16:57 Plantagenet:  @OdinHimself @Hagbard What do you think about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWcFYiRWgFw ? For white or for black side of Hnefatafl?

  08-04/14:12 Bulgarian Lion:  Deregisters from the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-04/14:11 Bulgarian Lion:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-04/13:51 emabear35:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-04/13:50 emabear35:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  08-04/12:14 Hagbard:  27 days registering still open for the World Championship 2017. These names are missing on the list, among others:
Herjan, Crust, Adam, Sigurd, Bigwurm91, Tonythebook, Vonraider, Fairland, Agmundr, Mykle, Aluric, Brench, Marcin, imaxuncut, Anto2016, Tamarisco, Torc, kAAgEE, Ded Fomich, cyningstan, Oddur, mmagari, Freyja, Helfrich, dayvigco

  08-03/21:08 Hagbard:  Hagbard won the Sea battle tafl 15x15 tournament.

  08-03/01:10 Hagbard:  The Skalk Lewis diamond 11x11 test tournament: as Tablut and Tawlbwrdd, but the king wins in corner.

  07-30/18:57 edmond-dantes:  Game with white and black

  07-30/12:02 Plantagenet:  @edmond-dantes What do you mean by "games must always be colorful"?

  07-30/09:51 Hagbard:  Right after the World Championship comes a Berserker tournament all against all. Then we could try the knock-out idea perhaps with a Historical Hnefatafl tournament and perhaps find a Historical Master?

  07-29/23:56 edmond-dantes:  The idea is Knock-out not bad but two games in two colors

  07-29/23:53 edmond-dantes:  But an Knock-out tournament can be created after the World Championship Tournament 2017

  07-29/23:47 edmond-dantes:  When it comes to an official, rating tournament, games must always be colorful

  07-29/23:19 Hagbard:  I'm afraid it does. Black and white are two completely different games.

  07-29/22:58 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard No, if you really consider the game well balanced, the asymmetry of the game doesn't matter.

  07-29/20:43 Hagbard:  I see what you mean. Were it chess I'd go with it. But an asymmetric game like this has to play both colors to get to a meaningful result.

  07-29/19:00 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard As you don't want to create a Knock-out tournament, you could create an All-in-all system but with only a single game between each player. Each player could play simultaneously a single game against everyone. It would reduce the huge number of matches.

  07-29/16:59 OdinHimself:  I'm glad you like it! :) I know it is an aggressive musical genre, but it has a lot of energy and the lyrics fit perfectly to Defenders. Thumbs up!

  07-29/09:41 Hagbard:  A hnefatafl song! And it takes place on the 11x11 board.

  07-28/23:43 altti:  @odinhimself: the lyrics mirror the plot of the movie "the 13th warrior"

  07-28/15:28 JKRS:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-28/12:07 OdinHimself:  A song dedicated to The King and the Defenders in Hnefatafl!!! 13 shields blessed with Fury And Fire!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_P0rG37WtE&feature=youtu.be

  07-27/20:40 DoktorKarlsrud:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-26/18:07 edmond-dantes:  Well done to scottdegenh

  07-26/18:06 edmond-dantes:  Understood

  07-26/16:57 Hagbard:  That's because it's scottdegenh's first game ever. Rating points are reduced when the opponent is a newcomer.

  07-26/16:53 edmond-dantes:  In my game with scottdegenh I do not have a rating despite the moves ?

  07-25/23:37 Hagbard:  The simplest is that all games are rated, except when the balance is not known.

  07-25/23:31 Hagbard:  Chairman Tim Millar, anomalocharis AT hotmail DOT com

  07-25/19:42 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard May you create the "Rated/Not rated" button? We could tick/untick the button for a rated or unrated game. What do you think about?

  07-25/17:43 edmond-dantes:  Hagbard Will you give me a contact email?
Do you have any posts in the Federation?
How and with whom I can contact the Hnefatafl Federation?

  07-24/21:41 Hagbard:  New in gallery: photos of a 3700 year old Greek board game!

  07-22/22:48 Hagbard:  2 moves from each side are needed, 4 in all.

  07-22/20:18 edmond-dantes:  In case of inactivity afterwards

  07-22/20:16 edmond-dantes:  How many moves are needed at the beginning to count a rating?

  07-22/17:25 Fraech:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-21/21:23 Hagbard:  New in gallery: Nyborg medieval market, Denmark.

  07-21/11:29 Hagbard:  Just a small info: July 24th the webhotel updates from PHP5 to PHP7. At a similar large update in 2015, a disaster happened as the large forum all vanished. Luckily the forum posts were saved and reinserted. This time the transition is expected to run ok catiously prepared.
After the update, everything should run even faster.

  07-21/11:28 Hagbard:  I put an answer in the forum.

  07-20/20:05 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard What do you think about Knock-out system for tournaments?

  07-16/10:56 Hagbard:  casshern won the Tablut 13x13 (Nielsen) test tournament.

  07-15/23:17 Thanir:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-14/20:37 OdinHimself:  Thanks Patterson

  07-14/10:18 Hagbard:  casshern won the Sea battle diamond 11x11 tournament.

  07-13/19:46 Patterson:  @Hagbard  Thanks so much!

  07-13/19:46 Patterson:  @OdinHimself I really like the board design.

  07-13/19:43 Hagbard:  @Patterson: it's ok, your registering is noted! See you at the tournament!

  07-13/19:40 Patterson:  I would like to register for the 2017 Tournament, but for the of life me I do not see a "enter" buttons as described.  Assistance please?  Thank you!

  07-13/18:47 edmond-dantes:  This will reduce the chance of manipulative results

  07-13/18:45 edmond-dantes:  Yes, the championship may be more exciting with a Knock-out system instead of All against all

  07-13/17:19 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard Sorry, I don't join any Championship because the game's rules don't please me and the overall way of playing neither. I don't like the All against all, I prefer the Knock-out system. It's better to play a single game against one person until the final round. If you answer me it will take too much time, I'll answer that you can create games of 1 or 2 days only per move. What do you think about?

  07-13/16:53 OdinHimself:  Thanks bro! I'm glad at least one player liked it. Anyway I'll try to do my best!

  07-13/09:25 Steiger:  Great design! I love it!

  07-12/21:20 OdinHimself:  Just copy/paste and see if you like my new project for the World Championship board. Just bare in mind this is only a project, the real board should look much better... ;)

  07-12/21:18 OdinHimself:  https://s17.postimg.org/5gvcblyxr/19911682_685954191595272_2027092876.jpg

  07-12/21:16 OdinHimself:  [url=https://postimg.org/image/xtqu22knv/][img]https://s17.postimg.org/5gvcblyxr/19911682_685954191595272_2027092876.jpg[/img][/url]

  07-12/14:53 Hagbard:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-11/22:52 Hagbard:  Large forum is opened three days for new registering.

  07-11/18:19 Hagbard:  I'll note it on the todolist.
By the way I saw that you're leading the playtaflonline rating list, and you're also no. 2 on the rating list here, topped it for years. You should really try and join the World Championships some day!

  07-10/21:49 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard I only spoke about a Tawlbwrdd variant, not a Copenhagen one. And I only ask the addition of this following rule: Black can't cross over the throne. I don't ask for the white-friendly throne. 
Can you do that, please?

  07-10/20:52 Hagbard:  - or I could open access to the Plantagenet Hnefatafl again; if I don't remember wrong then it has the features.

  07-09/21:14 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard May you create a variant of Tawlbwrdd where black couldn't cross over the throne, please? I only demand that. You can disable the rating. Thanks.

  07-09/09:01 MrTopom:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-07/23:37 Waegn:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-07/12:28 Hagbard:  A big thank you to the test players for your patience with testing the two "Nielsen" setups.
I put a summary in the forum:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=904#p904

  07-07/11:31 OdinHimself:  I was reviewing some of Herjan's games in Archives section. Well, there's only one word I can say. Respect! This viking has an unique playing style based on intelect and well-meassured aggression. His games flow soft and joyful like no one elses. It is a pleasure to fight aginst such wise and mighty opponent! Skal jarl Herjan!

  07-05/23:13 Hagbard:  5 more games added to the Hull replays (tournament 84).

  07-05/19:09 sqAree:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-05/18:10 OdinHimself:  @Hagbard It will be like on Dragonheelslair where it has an option called Random. There is an element of surprise and it is going to be  kind of a cahllenge, especially for players who love to play only with same coloured teams...

  07-05/09:06 Hagbard:  But who would accept an invitation with unknown color?

  07-04/11:20 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard No, in that case, I choose which game I want while I want nobody chooses. I want there's a surprise for both players.

  07-04/10:22 Hagbard:  casshern won the Tablut 15x15 (Nielsen) test tournament.

  07-03/21:23 Hagbard:  you could simply invite as black or white randomly, then you'll have games of both sorts

  07-03/11:14 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard No, I mean... black or white will be randomly assigned to the players. That's to say, players don't know which color they will get.

  07-03/08:00 casshern:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-03/02:43 Tuireann:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-02/23:32 Hagbard:  I guess it means a random initial setup? Our tests, however, have shown how heavily the setups influence the game balances.

  07-02/16:37 Kratzer:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-02/16:21 Plantagenet:  @Hagbard Could you create the option: "Random beginning"?

  07-01/18:52 epm180:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-01/17:42 altti:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-01/11:40 xerxes:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-01/10:48 animals:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-01/08:36 edmond-dantes:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  07-01/08:04 OdinHimself:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/23:06 AreVidar:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/20:10 jrton80:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/20:10 jrton80:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/18:44 Steiger:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/18:01 test1:  Deregisters from the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/18:01 test1:  Registers for the World Championship Tournament 2017.

  06-30/07:45 OdinHimself:  Skal!!!

  06-29/22:11 Steiger:  Thank you, Fairland!

  06-29/15:49 Fairland:  Steiger and odinhimself: I love the boards you guys have designed. They are truly works of art.

  06-27/12:13 Hagbard:  Newspaper today: The Danish word "hygge" is registered in the new edition of Oxford English Dictionary:
http://www.bt.dk/danmark/hygge-er-nu-et-officielt-engelsk-ord

  06-27/11:42 Hagbard:  July 1st will be opened for registering for the World Championship Tournament 2017, tournament to start Sep. 1st. Registering through July and August, by and large you can register up till the last moment before Sep. 1st, but of course planning is easier when the names are known earlier.
The plan is to run the tournament like this:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4&start=40#p893
and besides that to run certain other regular tournaments after this scheme:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4&start=50#p896

  06-27/09:44 OdinHimself:  Tangail in Sindarin or Sandastan in Kuenian dialect means Shieldwall. For Tolkien fans who love Copenhagen hnefatafl... like me. :)

  06-26/19:11 Steiger:  :-) 13th riddle is good too!

  06-26/17:55 Hagbard:  Good riddle! I couldn't have guessed it; I googled the answer.

  06-26/17:50 Hagbard:  Thanks! Icelandic language.

  06-26/16:16 Steiger:  @Hagbard: it's 12'th riddle of Gestumblindi from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks:
Hverir eru þeir þegnar,
er ríða þingi at
sáttir allir saman;
lýða sína
senda þeir lönd yfir
at byggja bólstaði?

  06-26/15:55 edmond-dantes:  Hello everyone I had a small problem with the forum but now everything is fine

  06-26/15:53 edmond-dantes:  ..

  06-26/13:50 Hagbard:  An update in the forum about upcoming World Tournament.

  06-26/13:49 Hagbard:  Where is the verse from?

  06-26/07:28 Steiger:  Who are those thanes
who ride to the thing,
peaceful together?
Across the land
they send their men
to seek a home for themselves.

  06-25/15:59 OdinHimself:  Today me and Lubo (edmont dantes) played two games of Hnefatafl Copenhagen at the local town park Hisarlaka. This was the first time I played live against tafl player who wasn't just introduced to the game and have had some experience. We used the big board with the hand made wooden pieces and the feeling was great. It had an atmosphere that can't be felt infront of the computer screen. Lubo officialy agreed and became the first active member of Hnefatafl sporting club "Odin"! Cheers!!!

  06-23/20:09 Steiger:  Oh! thank you very much, I'm  glad to know it =)

  06-23/18:56 OdinHimself:  Steiger is one I'm proud of!!!

  06-23/12:03 Hagbard:  New in photo gallery: Hnefatafl set of Steiger.
New in link page: PixMedia interview with Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"):
http://pixelmedia.bg/%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82-%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%85-%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8/

  06-23/12:02 Hagbard:  Tuireann won the Brandubh throneless test tournament.

  06-22/23:50 Hagbard:  Registering for the forum open for three days. Edmont Dantes, please try again.

  06-22/18:50 OdinHimself:  Hagbard could you please check why edmont dantes is not able to post in the forum. He allerted me about some problem with his pasword and nickname. Thanks.

  06-22/01:55 Casshern:  Just a quick thought regarding the World Championships. I like poker and I follow the world series of poker every year. Like talf, there are many different poker games (variants). So for 1 month during the world series of poker they have 50+ tournaments of different games/variants, culminating with the Main Event, which is always texas hold'em. I would say that Copenhagen is our Main Event. But it would be nice to have tournaments of other popular talf games. Copenhagen, Tawlbwrdd, Sea Battle, Fetlar, Berserk, Tablut, Ard Ri, etc. Each tournament can be run at different times depending on number of players and number of rounds. At the world series of poker, the player who does the best overall is named the Player of the Year. The winner of Copenhagen would be the World Champion and we could have a triathlon winner, similar to player of the year. This is just a thought that I had. Some players may enjoy playing other variants more that Copenhagen, however I think that Copenhagen should decide the World Championship.

  06-21/21:31 Steiger:  or I can carved a portable (20x20 cm) board with an simple pawns absolutely for free ;-) and a Lucho's board will be a prize for the next year championship (with my pawns, of course - 'till the next year I can carved them for free)

  06-21/19:56 OdinHimself:  Interesting indeed. Aside of topic, but still connected to the upcoming tournament, I would like to discuss something with all of you tafl players. Probably most of you have been awared of my idea for providing a worthy prize for the winner - a brand new hand-made wood-carved tafl board for the next world champion. But what would be if we make it even better - a complete set including the pawns?! This is going to be an outstanding reward for the winner and a great stimulus for every contestant. But! We need money to make this dream comes true. Being more specific we will need 450 USD for the set and also some funds for delivering costs. What I'm going to do now is asking everyone of you to donate. Once we get this amount of money I'm going to design and purchase the board and Steiger will do the pawns for himself. Good ol' casshern was the first one who is willing to donate 100 USD, thank you viking! If you like the idea please lets consider it and decide whether we'll have a prize for the winner or not. Or we can do the board only without the pawns which will cost 200 USD w/o delivery. Please, think about it and thanks in advance!

  06-21/19:44 Hagbard:  @xerxes: thanks, tourn. 84 is corrected.

  06-21/17:42 Hagbard:  @xerxes: About the championship, an answer came out somewhat lengthy, so I put it in the large forum:
http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=894#p894

  06-21/13:14 xerxes:  I think it is a pity that we are reverting to two rounds of Copenhagen for the World Championship - which should perhaps be renamed the World Copenhagen Championship.  If it is going to continue as a purely Copenhagen format, perhaps we could also have an annual triathlon type championship to find the World Champion across the different formats ?  This could be run in the spring so as not to interfere with the September championship.

  06-21/12:51 xerxes:  @Hagbard: Ref Tournament 84, I was White in the game vs Kevin_Alby.  Also, the two games displayed between Animals and me are actually the same game, in which I was White.

  06-21/08:30 Hagbard:  - and strong players would probably perceive Round 1 as ten easy games.

  06-21/06:23 sqAree:  Great rule proposition. With these conditions I would join the tournament this year if I have time.

  06-20/21:26 Hagbard:  Now four games from the Hull tournament Saturday can be replayed ("tournament 84").

  06-20/19:30 Hagbard:  Top two last year. But last year Round 1 was a different variant (Tawlbwrdd). To reduce the risk of qualified Copenhagen players not making it to the final, two proceeded from each group, and eight players in all.
Now with the same variant used for both rounds, one from each group can proceed to the top final. The top final will then be easier to manage for the strong players, only about 10 hard games this year, but 14 last year.

  06-20/19:05 OdinHimself:  Only one player of each group will qualify for the final round? There were top two before...

  06-20/10:51 Hagbard:  New in the large forum: Proposition for tournament rules for the World Tafl Federation Championship 2017.

  06-20/10:27 Hagbard:  New in gallery: photos from Staraya Ladoga, Russia.

  06-20/10:18 Hagbard:  @OdinHimself: Thanks for clarifying; the text is changed.

  06-19/14:14 OdinHimself:  Congrats!

  06-19/10:12 Hagbard:  Congratulations to Animals for winning the Hull tournament!

  06-18/20:48 OdinHimself:  Hagbard, seems like there is some misunderstanding. I only made the designs for my boards, I personally didn't carve these, professional carvers did. But I call them my boards, because they really are mine, my ideas, I paid for them, but I didn't make them, but still the boards are mine. Could you please change the info under my photos, tahnks in advance, I'm sorry once again for misunderstanding my friend. :)

  06-17/18:58 cyningstan:  A brief report on today's live tournament in Hull are available: http://tafl.cyningstan.com/post/1839/hulls-first-hnefatafl-tournament-has-a-winner. The report includes the final match. Congratulations to David Lonsdale!

  06-17/02:51 Bigwurm91:  Man looks like we in the Americas have some practicing to do. Looking forward to the rematch!

  06-16/11:18 OdinHimself:  Go Europe go!!!

  06-16/09:39 Hagbard:  The America-Europe final is completed!
And the winner is Europe with the scores:
Europe 14 points.
America 4 points.

  06-11/22:21 Ded Fomich:  @edmond-dantes Добре дошли, граф Монте-Кристо! =)

  06-11/21:28 Hagbard:  Welcome to Edmond-Dantes!

  06-11/19:02 xerxes:  @Hotfudge:   Have played some games with your 'Force Mechanic' proposal and have a few questions, which I have put on the Large Forum.

  06-11/15:48 OdinHimself:  We have a new player from my town! edmond-dantes, Kyustendil, Bulgaria! Welcome!

  06-10/08:41 OdinHimself:  lol. They insisted to show them the Wall of fame section as a proof I won the European tournament. Don't get me wrong guys, I do not parade with this title, to be honest I kept it in secret, only my family and friends knew about it, but now I realize it helped me a lot when came in public. Media got interested in this news and I obtained a very good chance to present Hnefatafl to society, that's what I want most. Titles come and go, but the game is the true gem! Shortly after reportage got emitted a 13 year old boy contacted me on my Facebook account eager to learn Hnefatafl. He said he is a former chess player and I invited him to taflonline to teach him the rules first (Hagbard, please don't get me wrong, I just don't want to scare him with the big sharks around here! :)) and once he gets into the rules and the game strategy I'll show him aagenielsen and let him fight. I hope he doesn't lose interest, I know kids do things like that.

  06-09/23:58 altti:  I liked the program too, especially the part where I could see my name. TY for the international exposure. it is true we Americans are narcissists.

  06-09/23:53 Hagbard:  Good work!

  06-09/16:34 OdinHimself:  Yes. Yesterday we shot another video with a different crew of the Bulgarian national television. They would like to present the game in at least 4-5 minutes long interview in their morning blog. I hope it works, it all depends of the editors. Then I asked them to put me in a half an hour long regional broadcasting called "On a glass of wine" where I can speak free and show how the game is played. They asked me a lot about the WTF activity, tournaments, prizes etc. I think things slowly work out. :)

  06-09/16:15 Hagbard:  Wonderful program! I like that, thanks! And your beautiful game boards are in, too. I can hear that you have a good chat with the journalist about the game and about the championships!

  06-09/14:00 OdinHimself:  http://btvnovinite.bg/article/bulgaria/regionalni-novini/balgarin-e-evroshampion-po-vikingski-hah.html
Hagbard, you can see your site on the television now... :)

  06-08/13:41 OdinHimself:  Skal! Live long and prosper!

  06-08/12:16 Hagbard:  "Play Tafl Online", USA tafl site, celebrates today its one year birthday. Big congratulations!

  06-04/19:17 OdinHimself:  lol I'm not depressed P, I'm not that kind of guy. More like I'm self-critical and often angry of my mistakes, I hate my nonconceptual periods which lead to no progress and lack of ingenuity. That's it. Oh, and I doubt there are plenty of people who might boast with series of victories against you, so I won't be sitting all alone in the cell of broken and scattered by you opponents. :)

  06-04/18:28 Plantagenet:  Something which can stop your depression.

  06-04/16:24 OdinHimself:  Thank you brothers, fellow warriors! I'll post the video on my Hnefatafl sport club's page, I know for most of you it will be incomprihensible, because it's in Bulgarian, but you can watch the frames at least. This is my mission, to bring nefatavl back to the light of the Balkans and give the world a new generation of sparked and perspective tafl players. One for all, all for one!!!

  06-04/13:18 altti:  wonderful news, Lucho!

  06-04/08:07 Steiger:  Great work, Lucho!

  06-04/07:50 OdinHimself:  Finally! My efforts for making Hnefatafl popular in Bulgaria achieved some success! I was inetrviewed by journalists for a short reportage, which will be broadcasted on national air in one of the two biggest media in Bulgaria. And I have their promises for future 25-30 minutes regional broadcasting about Tafl games. Also more and more people show interest in the game and contacting me for information. Skal!!!

  06-01/19:25 OdinHimself:  I think I hit the bottom of the non-creative-ideas swamp in the tafl land... Maybe it's time to do something else?

  06-01/15:37 OdinHimself:  Cool! I envy you noble

  06-01/09:47 Adam:  This weekend I am prestenting Hnefatafl at the Tønsberg Medieval Festival in Norway, this year we have a tent with medieval board games, so the Tafl family will be in good company!

  05-29/18:50 Hagbard:  casshern won the Sea battle 9x9 (Imperial Contest) tournament.

  05-28/13:41 Hagbard:  casshern won the Ard Ri-1 friendly-throne 7x7 test tournament. The variant could do with some more testing, though.

  05-26/18:07 OdinHimself:  Medieval yes. Last year I think was set the beginning of medieval markets in Bulgaria. I'll try to visit some of them this year. http://calendar.badamba.info/ I know it is in Cyrillic, just click on the links to see some photos.

  05-26/17:26 Hagbard:  Medieval markets then?

  05-26/15:43 OdinHimself:  @Hagbard: Unfortunatelly we don't have Viking markets in Bulgaria... Sad, but true. I could design and craft tafl boards for everyone who shows interest, but that's it. No markets... And I have plenty of ideas for beautiful new boards, just don't have funds for accomplishments... I really like to create one board as a prize for the next World tafl champion, but as I said I don't have free money for this project. Bulgaria is far from Wonedrland and it's quite hard for developing my ideas. Anyway I'm glad my boards are welcomed and liked. :)

  05-26/09:43 Hagbard:  @OdinHimself: So do you sell your wonderful tafl boards at your Viking markets? In the Trelleborg Viking Market, Denmark, there was a booth with also very fine carvings, German I believe.

  05-26/08:44 Hagbard:  Registering for the large forum is now opened for three days.

  05-25/18:31 Steiger:  nice job, Europe!)

  05-25/15:30 Hagbard:  Europe won against America, but still 6 games left to finish.

  05-23/16:32 Hagbard:  He most certainly is. Thanks.

  05-23/15:13 xerxes:  @Hagbard.  In the Brandubh Throneless comp, I would have thought the King could be captured by two players if he is on the centre square (see my game as Black vs Jrton80).

  05-20/17:07 OdinHimself:  Wise!

  05-20/10:49 Steiger:  As told me my grandfather: под лежачий камень вода не течёт

  05-20/10:17 Steiger:  A powerful formula for growth!

  05-20/10:04 OdinHimself:  Havamal! :)

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Photo gallery.
Tønsberg Middelaldersfestival

Comment from Damian Walker's site:

Hi

We are planning a memerioal Tournament for the late Peter Kelly who was the architect in developing the Fetlar Rules. Provsionally set for 21st October at Fetlar hall. There will be both Junior and Senior catgories as well as a Junior v senior champoin match. Finals will be played using real vikings from Shetland Up Helly Aa squads as pieces ! You can keep up to date on the latest information about the tournament at http://www.fetlar.org/hnefatafl-world-championship.

The rules used will of course be the Fetlar rules using the speed Hnefatafl format that Peter also developed, where players have to move before the strike of a gong struck at quite short intervals !

We would love to see anyone who can make it.

Robert Thomson - 13:50, 10/08/2017

Updated information about the Hull Hnefatafl tournament 17th June 2017:
Hull's First Hnefatafl Tournament Has a Winner!
Hull 2017 Matches All On-line.
Congratulations to David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK.
Replay the games here (tournament 84).

Logo: Adam Bartley.

World Tafl Federation on facebook.

Notice the collection of photos on the Facebook site.

Congratulations to English National Champion 2017, David Lonsdale ("Animals"), Peterborough, UK.
Junior: Oliver Wilson, UK.
(West Stow April 16th 2017)

European Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2017.
The Beowulf Trophy match
For tafl players not living in North- and South-America.

The tournament starts March 1st 2017.

Rules: Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11.
There will be one round, all against all.

12 registered participants by February 28th:
xerxes, OdinHimself, Steiger, sqAree, AreVidar, animals, Marcin, Hagbard, Thanir, Kratzer, Anto2016, tankred

(Finally there will be an America-against-Europe tournament among the nine top players from each side, the Ragnarökr Trophy match.
European team for the final:
1 Odinhimself, 2 Animals, 3 Sqaree, 4 Hagbard, 5 Steiger, 6 Kratzer, 7 Thanir, 8 Xerxes, 9 Arevidar
)

Congratulations to European International Master 2017, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria!

American Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2017.
The Vinland Trophy match (hat tip: Steve Lonsdale)
For tafl players living in North- and South-America.

The tournament starts February 1st 2017.

Rules: Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11.
There will be one round, all against all.

10 registered participants by January 31st:
altti, Fairland, theexplorer135, bigwurm91, Waegn, Casshern, Fraech, imaxuncut, Brench, Tuireann

(March 1st there'll likewise be a European tournament including all tafl players outside North- and South-America, and finally an America-against-Europe tournament among the nine top players from each side, the Ragnarökr Trophy match.
American team for the final:
1 Altti, 2 Casshern, 3 Fraech, 4 Bigwurm91, 5 Brench, 6 Tuireann, 7 Fairland, 8 Waegn, 9 Imaxuncut
)

Congratulations to American International Master 2017, Altti Piirsoo ("Altti"), New York, USA!

Hnefatafl is also known by the names Nefatavl, The King's Table, The Viking Game, Viking Chess, Tablut or simply Tafl.
History of this site.
Comments on Hnefatafl.
The origin of the Viking board game Hnefatafl and the Berserk rules.
Links to more information on the Viking board game Hnefatafl.

Viking word of wisdom: The Hávamál.

Можно здесь играть в тавлеи и против компъютер и против людей. Можно использовать кириллицы.

Many thanks to Gary and Christa (Germany), Ludovic Antoine, Nikolas Lloyd, Sten Helmfrid, Olga Mudrichenko, Dmitrij Polovinkin, John C. Ashton, Tim Millar, Adam Barkley, Nicolas Cartier, Gregory Binns, Fabio Capello, Rene Gralla, Damian Walker and Olli Salmi for their contribution to this site. And not least the more than 400 players the world over who played here more than 15000 real tafl games humans against humans and thus created a vast, practical experience with this intriguing, historical board game.

Updated 17.8.2017

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