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The Viking board game

Tafl against human opponents.
Тавлеи против человеческих противников.

There is an invitation for a game of Hnefatafl.
Join the game!
Opponent: Torc, Sparta, USA

Play white
11x11

Play black
11x11

Play white
9x9

Play black
9x9

Human vs. human.

Human vs. computer.

Fredag 15. februar 2013 bragte Weekendavisen en artikel om Hnefatafl i sektionen Faktisk!
Velkommen til besøgende, som finder denne vej,
her er en beskrivelse af spillereglerne for Hnefatafl,
og her kan spillet afprøves i en dyst mod computeren.

Hnefataflspillet sælges i Danmark i to udførelser og kan fås i museumsbutikker på Vikingeskibsmuseet, Nationalmuseet, Ribes Vikinger og Kongernes Jelling, samt fra tidsskriftet Skalk, http://www.skalk.dk/.

Много русских гостей в эти дни, добро пожаловать! Можно здесь играть в тавлеи и против компъютер и против человеков. Можно использовать кириллицы.

Rules

Forum.


  2013-06-16 23:24:19 altti: oh, thanks

  2013-06-16 22:25:26 Hagbard: eragoons first and only move was the resign...

  2013-06-16 19:57:13 altii: i accepted a game against eragoon but it was blank with a resigned status stating all pieces as captured.

  2013-06-15 19:11:20 Monthy: My hovercraft is full of eels

  2013-06-15 18:15:34 crust: Min luftpudebåd er fyldt med ål

  2013-06-13 02:39:26 crust: no I'm not

  2013-06-11 21:32:26 Hagbard: New in the photos gallery: Adam's photos from the Tønsberg Middelages Festival.

  2013-06-11 15:24:26 Adam: I spoke to crust briefly today. So I can confirm that he is alive at least.

  2013-06-11 13:35:01 Shaunyman: Hi.  I have been trying to contact Crust for several weeks since he told me about the English Championship at Sutton Woo. Cant get him by Email or Mobile phone.  I am a bit worried about him, has anyone heard from him?  Thanks

  2013-06-07 14:55:58 altti: thank you for the help. this is a wonderful site that we can take part in lighting up a game lost to time.

  2013-06-07 14:10:00 Hagbard: To altti: a quick solution is done: when the king is on an edge square, the "Offer draw" button is available.

  2013-06-01 09:41:06 altti: i can agree to that. it is neither players interest to allow the other to take a piece or improve their possition.

  2013-06-01 08:34:56 Hagbard: Yes the result of the old game can be changed also - if we should come to agree that the kill-two-blacks-before-a-draw is a center fort rule.

  2013-06-01 04:49:20 altti: there was a game i played v conanlib (not certain) which the same occured yet i was black. can you recall the result of that decision?

  2013-05-31 23:07:19 Hagbard: Well this game altti/nath is a good example of the hnefatafl 11x11 edge draw fort. It required a struggle from Altti to obtain such a fort, so this game illustrates that the kill-two-blacks-before-a-draw is a fair medicine against the center fort, but maybe less fair for other draws.

  2013-05-31 22:36:44 crust: Do not tempt him, shallow ones.  He requires a sacrifice

  2013-05-31 13:10:29 altti: Aage, could you help. nath and i have a game which is hopelessly deadlocked. hnefatafl 11x11. white is fortified but only has one captured black.

  2013-05-30 22:18:29 Adam: I will be promoting hnefatafl at the Tønsberg middleages festival this weekend in Norway. A new giant board has been made specially for the occasion. I will send in some pictures. Hopefully I will encourage some new players to visit the site.

  2013-05-29 13:13:51 Hagbard: Based on the test tournament balances I suppose it'll be fair to rate the variants
Skalk Hnefatafl edge 11x11
Sea battle tafl 11x11

  2013-05-28 23:23:56 Hagbard: New in the photos gallery: A new tafl set made by Sybil.

  2013-05-21 17:12:54 Sybil: I sent to Hagbard italian translation's rules!

  2013-05-10 12:25:44 Jurgenson: Have an offer to try other variants initial arrangement Hnefatafl:
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celtica.narod.ru/hnef/Image6.gif

  2013-05-08 18:28:00 Watson: I can invite others to play white now:D

  2013-05-07 20:45:26 Hagbard: Fixed.

  2013-05-07 14:30:55 Watson: thanks!

  2013-05-07 14:07:45 Hagbard: Could be a bug here, I'll check later today.

  2013-05-07 13:55:12 Watson: in fact I have encountered the same problem before and eventually I have to play three white games :o

  2013-05-07 13:21:28 crust: see, got me confused as well

  2013-05-07 13:20:41 crust: or the other way round, obviously

  2013-05-07 13:20:13 crust: when you invite for a game, remember to check the box marked "I play white" and also UNCHECK the box marked "I play black"

  2013-05-07 11:06:19 Watson: hi, the problem is that I invite others to play white in Hnefatafl 11x11, and it turns out to be an invitation to play black.

  2013-05-06 23:00:19 crust: they often have viking festivals there I believe

  2013-05-05 19:43:46 Hagbard: New in the photos gallery: Olga Mudrichenko visited the site of the ancient Viking settlement Staraya Ladoga near St. Petersburg and caught this spring atmosphere May 2nd.

  2013-05-02 19:00:13 barba: Saw a television program on history channel at a friend's. It was episode 8 of season 1. Ragnar is playing Hnefatafl in it. In another episode, I spotted a board game, but it turned out to be a different game. I guess a Dablot-like game. But in episode 8 our favorite game actually is being displayed. Just so you know.

  2013-05-02 10:13:15 Hagbard: New in the photos gallery: Rynoknight's Hnefatafl set.

  2013-05-01 22:39:34 Jurgenson: Thanks!

  2013-05-01 13:50:32 Jurgenson: I accidentally clicked to participate in the tournament. Can be disable this? There is no time for it.

  2013-04-29 16:35:01 Adam: Good luck to all in tournament. Should be informative. Am I right in thinking this is the most historically reliable tafl rule set, based as it is on a new translation?

  2013-04-28 14:51:19 Hagbard: New test tournament: the Ashton rules. King captured from 2 sides (!), wins on edge, all forbidden squares hostile (!). Rules explained here: aagenielsen.dk/ashton_rules.html , can be practised against the computer here: aagenielsen.dk/tablut_online.html

  2013-04-28 14:46:55 Hagbard: Too many involuntary resigns without it

  2013-04-28 11:19:47 crust: I just resigned and had the pleasure of admiring the new resign confirmation feature.... nice work Aage

  2013-04-27 21:31:23 Hagbard: ;)

  2013-04-27 09:31:03 crust: Who you gonna call?   Hagbusters!

  2013-04-27 08:04:30 Hagbard: Code modified, no more ghost moves expected.

  2013-04-26 12:17:44 Watson: that should not be evil spirits because the moves were doned by someone who had left messages in the chat corner. Despite the moves, the name of the player didn't exist and the invitations were still valid.

  2013-04-25 16:37:30 Jurgenson: Also started the game with Watson has already made one move!

  2013-04-25 16:33:20 Jurgenson: Thanks. My victory in the tournament, mainly because that in a game with Duhawk93 time is up.

  2013-04-25 14:30:22 crust: to Hagbard:   bug alert!  I just started a game with Watson, but two moves have already been made by somebody else.  Any idea what this could be?  I mean, apart from evil spirits, obviously.

  2013-04-25 02:15:35 altti: congrats to all those who played the tourneys. there are a lot of high scores.

  2013-04-24 23:53:52 crust: Congratulations Adam for winning the History Craft tournament, and Jurgenson for winning the Skalk 11x11 tournament!

  2013-04-21 08:19:10 Hagbard: Fixed.

  2013-04-19 12:30:08 altti: my tourney with everhard says i have used 7 days for 10 moves but i'm white and waiting for black to make the first move.

  2013-04-18 12:46:31 crust: to Arne64 and Duhawk93:  your history craft tournament game is officially EPIC at over 100 moves

  2013-04-18 12:22:36 crust: yes, that would be a good idea.  Thank you!

  2013-04-18 07:54:08 Hagbard: Sure; and perhaps it's time for this "Do you really wanna resign" function.

  2013-04-18 01:51:33 crust: To Hagbard:  Any chance you could rescue my copenhagen game against Adam - he resigned accidentally.  That would be great!

  2013-04-13 08:24:33 Hagbard: Bad error, to be corrected later today.

  2013-04-13 00:31:18 altti: my sea tourney with conalib says i have taken 9 days for 10 moves but im white and black has not yet made the first move

  2013-04-11 06:10:36 Federico: I have developed an (downloadable) Online Hnefatafl game. If you'd like to try it, send me an email to dm_helldrake@hotmail.com.

I'd like to have it hosted in this website. If the owner of the website reads this, please send me an e-mail if youre interested.

  2013-04-10 21:25:18 crust: that's great!

  2013-04-10 20:44:52 Hagbard: The error is corrected.

  2013-04-10 11:00:01 Hagbard: Will be corrected later today.

  2013-04-10 09:18:03 crust: to Hagbard:  In my Sea Battle 11x11 game against Duhawk93 (where I'm playing white), it seems I can't move f7-f6 (on to the centre square) even though the square is unoccupied.  is this a glitch?  Can anything be done?

  2013-04-07 04:40:00 Serena: if anyone wants to play hneftafl with me,go straight ahead,'cause whose stopping you

  2013-04-04 15:48:19 Hagbard: Tournament 12: Sea Battle Tafl has many fans; king unarmed, captured from 4 sides, wins on edge. Here the 11x11 board is tested.

  2013-04-03 18:15:03 Hagbard: Good idea! Will be added soon.

  2013-04-02 20:58:49 Adam: @hagbard: could a column or two be added in the 'quick overview of variants' that clarifies board repetition, draw forts, shield wall rule and encirclement ? I for one have lost track and find the quick overview table a great help when one has several game variants on the go.

  2013-04-01 21:39:00 Adam: 'people call the romans they go the house?'

  2013-04-01 13:15:26 Predo: Can't wait for the UK championship this year

  2013-04-01 11:38:11 Don: Romanii ite domum surely

  2013-03-30 12:37:14 Jurgenson: Maybe.
It is interesting as a forerunner Tafl. And as an version, with equal force. 
Simply because to do on the basis ready, than nothing.

  2013-03-30 11:33:44 crust: ROMANES EUNT DOMUS

  2013-03-30 10:05:02 Hagbard: About Latrunculi, sorry, no plans for adding in any near future. Maybe Latrunculi could be an interesting project for Italian board gamers to put online on the internet?

  2013-03-30 09:59:51 Hagbard: Works with Windows 7, Explorer 9. No changes for a long time which should affect Explorer.

  2013-03-30 09:22:46 crust: suddenly this website doesn't work with internet explorer, but o.k. with google chrome

  2013-03-29 15:34:17 Jurgenson: Are there any plans add Roman game Latrunculi? 
Would be interesting to test the human vs human.

  2013-03-29 13:40:06 altti: Im in the top ten for the first time! (we'll see how long that lasts) I've been hovering from 13 to 11 for the longest time. YEAH!

  2013-03-28 11:53:14 crust: to Adam:  see what you've got me into

  2013-03-25 17:00:45 Adam: Lovely Sea tafl set!

  2013-03-25 00:42:02 crust: to altti:  thanks!  Would be a terrible shame to drill into one of your boards though!

  2013-03-24 14:00:06 altti: those are an impressive set of peices and the rules are an important addition. I like the peg board idea.

  2013-03-24 08:47:25 Hagbard: New in the photos gallery: crust's new Sea Battle Tafl set.

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Hnefatafl is also known by the names Nefatavl, The King's Table, The Viking Game, Viking Chess, Tablut or simply Tafl.
Links to more information on the Viking board game Hnefatafl.
Try also the Lappish board game, Tablut.

Many thanks to Gary and Christa (Germany), Ludovic Antoine, Nikolas Lloyd, Sten Helmfrid, Olga Mudrichenko, Dmitrij Polovinkin, John C. Ashton, Tim Millar and Adam Barkley for their contribution to this site.

Updated 24.4.2013