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I now see that on Win10 after about 10 seconds the console window springs into life with an error message: c:\users\thibault vieu\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py:627: MatplotlibDeprecationWarning: The MATPLOTLIBDATA environment variab...

How am I supposed to run this?

XP tells me that it is an invalid Win32 application.

Win7, Win10 just give me a console window with a blinking cursor.

After having made a few trial games on Gorrion and some deliberation, some changes to the rules: The King will be unarmed. He will not assist in any captures. Group Capture. A connected group of pieces will be captured if it has been surrounded by enemy men or by the sides of the board or by a corne...

History seems to show that Europe was more connected than is commonly imagined. The Wikipedia entry for King Alfred the Great ( 848(?)-899 ) tells that Alfred had embassies in Rome, to which he also made pilgrimages, enjoyed foreign relationships with Jerusalem and Ireland. For all that to happen th...

I am also proposing an additional rule. The King will be unarmed. All captures will be made with a pawn move. Initial games on Gorrion seem to show that the King is too strong otherwise . [ Not quite true any more. See later post. The King will be fully unarmed. ] 'Unarmed' here means that a black ...

Well thanks. I would be happy to play some games with you of this variant. However, there is an easier way for us to play the games. There is a web site where this variant is already playable, to the rules above. Go to http://www.dashstofsk.net/gorrion.php I am the author of that web site. It is bad...

Yes, I understand. It will be difficult for the warriors to capture the King. However, the objectives for each side are the same as in Old Hnefatafl. Namely, the King's side has to get the King to a corner. And that the objective of the warrior side is to prevent this, by any means. They can achieve...

Yes, I can see in the Games Archive that 9x9 'corner win' was trialled and found to be unbalanced. However, it would be nice if a workable set of rules were found. Many people like to play Tafl on the smaller board sizes and 9x9 'corner win' would fill a gap within the variants already offered. Now ...

Is there any variant here that is played with a corner win objective, on a 9x9 board?

What you are suggesting might possibly be true. But my own reading of the available evidence doesn't give a clear picture how these games evolved. Few records were kept during the Dark Ages and so much of our knowledge can only be guessed. Almost every society in the ancient world had board games, a...