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May 17th - 20th 2022 I attended online the XXIVth Board Game Studies Colloquium in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Last year I attended it likewise online in Paris, France. 2017 I was there in person in Copenhagen, Denmark. These events are very international. 2017 there were contributions from USA. 2021 a...

Usually busy winter and more quiet summer -

Which board sizes, game types and variants have been more popular during the latest year? Updated May 19th 2022. Board sizes. 11x11 2342 games 9x9 615 7x7 454 15x15 142 13x13 128 Other 1997 Game types: Weak king 2223 games Strong king 1313 Unarmed king (Sea battle) 145 Other games 1997 Variants: 1....

Dimetr wrote in the small forum: You know Robert ap Ifan’s manuscript, about Tawlbwrdd (Peniarth Manuscript 158). Linnaeus Diary was published long time ago But it’s still not possible to see Robert ap Ifan’s manuscript Maybe you will write to The Nation­al Library of Wales? Could they send the scan...

The Single-Elimination format test has till now resulted in a final between Draganov, Dimetr and Asther-Kane, which is very reasonable. For World Championship use, however, it is rather clear that coincidence might become a too big factor by Single-Elimination. Some time it could be interesting to t...

Copied from the small forum: 02-13/22:18 sqAree: I just wanna mention that "shortest game length" is a terrible criteria to decide draws (or anything at all, in the first place). Why do we still have something like that in the tournament rules? 02-13/22:27 Hagbard: The shortest game length tells whi...

Inspired from the current Single Elimination tournament test, I had another look at the similar Double Elimination used in the Copenh. World Champ. tourn. 2021. The Copenh. World Champ. tourn. 2021 was a big tournament with 21 players. Many players were of equal strength, and therefore there were v...

Comparison of the World Champions by max ratings, longer list.

Tawlbwrdd & Tablut max rating.
2083 Casshern
1908 Crust
1907 Draganov
1875 Ded Fomich
1823 Jilles
1751 OdinHimself
1739 Chaolaibhne
1723 Plantagenet
1684 Herjan
1563 Adam
none Schachus
none Nath

Thank you for the new Tawlbwrdd pieces, they're added!

Comparison of the World Champions from another angle: their max ratings. All Jarlar are world champion material, so OdinHimself and Jilles are added. Copenhagen & Fetlar max rating. 2297 Casshern 2003 Plantagenet 1991 OdinHimself 1962 Herjan 1944 Schachus 1943 Crust 1939 Nath 1938 Draganov 1829 Adam...