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- Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:39 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Early Tafl Games
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7477
Re: Early Tafl Games
Perhaps the most important question to ask is, "How connected were the people of Northern Europe to the Old World culture-stream?" Clearly they were cut off from most of China, Sub Saharan Africa, and the New World. But did trade, migration, conquest, and general communication from one region to ano...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:37 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Move First, Kill First
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7250
Re: Move First, Kill First
Well, I have two responses to this. So, the first response is that if I were concerned about complexity to the exclusion of everything else, I wouldn't play Tafl games. I'd play Go, and forget about how pieces appear out of nowhere. Hell, I'd play Chess, and not care about how the knights bound acro...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:09 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Early Tafl Games
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7477
Early Tafl Games
Wikipedia claims the Tafl games likely descended from Ludus latrunculorum , but no source is given, and the rules for Ludus seem rather different. Can anyone offer some insight about possible precursors to Tafl? And, are there any opinions about what the earliest Tafl game might have looked like? I ...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:16 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Move First, Kill First
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7250
Move First, Kill First
So reading through the Internet, it's been a surprise to realize that no one else seems to be using the Move first, kill first convention that I've used for decades. Is that really the case? Or, has someone else played like this? To clarify, under Move first, kill first , after any piece moves: any ...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:04 pm
- Forum: Member introductions
- Topic: Member introductions
- Replies: 27
- Views: 74466
Re: Member introductions
Hello! I'm a 44 year old American who plays Tafl games with his kids. Looks like I'm pretty late to the party, but I've enjoyed following through the discussions here. My favorite Tafl variant is: 11x11 board Defenders arranged in a cross King moves and fights as any other piece Escape to edge No th...