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https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/564455/new-translation New Translation Tim Koppang, USA / Posted Sep 14, 2010 I received a link to the an article published this month in "The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe". The article is by John C. Ashton, and contains a new translat...

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/103802/variant-rules-brandub Brandub Damian Walker, UK / Posted Mar 18, 2006 Here's another variant which I've built myself out of building blocks from other hnefatafl games, and a bit of historical evidence. Some people might know of a different game with the same ...

Some postings from Boardgamegeek copied here for backup. https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/131773/variant-rules-tawlbwrdd tawlbwrdd Damian Walker, UK / Posted Oct 23, 2006 / Last edited Dec 31, 2011 No, I don't know how to pronounce it either. This is the simplest variant, though not the smallest. I...

edmond_dantes wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:05 pm

How do I share an image in the forum? Someone to help me step by step

You write a post.
Under the text window are buttons "Options" and "Attachments".
Click Attachments.
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edmond_dantes wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:58 pm

Well. Will you cooperate if I have any doubts during the tournament

Of course, the players must be confident that things are all right.

This is not good, because I can create somewhere and then play both players in a one tournament at home and I will actually have a spy. Sometimes such a loophole comes useful, when man & wife or father & son need two user names for one computer. Before the tournament all names are evaluated for pos...

edmond_dantes wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:56 am

Does the site have a mechanism to monitor this?
Yes for the creation. Can you make moves from the same IP on two different accounts. Does this control? I do not care about me, rather for security reasons I ask

Yes, but it can be monitored for check.

edmond_dantes wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:35 pm

Is it allowed to play two accounts from the same IP address? ... Does the site have a mechanism to monitor this?

No, only one user name is allowed from the same IP address. Not only for the tournament but also generally.
It's automatically not possible to create a second user name.

I would like to know what is the most used way to learn and practice the game. - With friends - Online - Local Against an AI Is there any good program you use to test or look for strategy ? Since noone else has answered yet, I'll try and give my bid on this one. This is just my personal experience ...

Copied from small forum: I prefer the Knock-out system. It's better to play a single game against one person until the final round. In 2016 we were 33 players. Two rounds and the winner was found after 80 days. This year the timing is tightened a bit, and the winner is expected after 70 days, that i...