You should try the Sea Battle 11x11, which is the variant you already know. Except that the king wins on the edge instead of corner.
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- Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:01 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 71
- Views: 37284
Re: World Tafl Federation
Cleaning up the Grandmaster list? Everything has a start. If you are the only player in the world to play a certain game, logically you are the best player in the world and the World Champion. Later with hundreds of players it's not so easy. The very first World Championship tournament 2008 on the ...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 71
- Views: 37284
Re: World Tafl Federation
Some considerations on the Hnefatafl Grandmaster title. At present there is but one route to the Hnefatafl Grandmaster title: to win one of the annual World Championship tournaments. Gradually it will therefore become more and more difficult for new players to win the title, as every year an existi...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Berserk Hnefatafl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1665
Re: Berserk Hnefatafl
Can we state this in the rules. Currently it says, “unless they trap an enemy piece between themselves and one of their own men“. Maybe we can just add, “or a restricted square” to the end of that sentence. It's added to the rules text now. Thank you. ... the ending to the game between jrton80/Bogd...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:30 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 71
- Views: 37284
Re: World Tafl Federation
I think you should add yourself to the list of those who would make a good chair/vice-chair. In the past there have been long periods with kind of a troika - chairman Tim, vice chairman Adam and the webadmin, and it has been a very fruitful collaboration. When themes could be discussed in the forum...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 71
- Views: 37284
Re: World Tafl Federation
Copied from the small forum: 2018-12-04 22:32:36 Adam: Speaking as Adam: Hello tafl community. I want to put an idea out there for folks to think about. The Tafl Federation facebook page has been woefully inoperative for a long time now. It does still serve as a signpost to this site of course, but ...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:07 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
- Replies: 83
- Views: 43644
Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Quadrathlon 2019. I propose a quadrathlon like the one we had a year ago. 1. Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 , using the results from the World Championship. 2. Berserk Hnefatafl 11x11 , starting January 1st 2019. The winner is Berserk Tafl Master 2019. 3. Historical Hnefatafl 11x11 (Welsh Tawlbwrdd), s...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:58 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Icelandic Sagas
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3358
Re: Icelandic Sagas
Yule is approaching fast in a month. 1941 and 1945 Frans G. Bengtsson wrote two books, "Røde Orm". They have been translated into English, "The Long Ships". In the novels is a narrative of a Yule celebration at the residence of king Harald Bluetooth. I have the Danish version only, and the fighting ...
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:23 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Tafl in Denmark
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8031
Re: Tafl in Denmark
November 2018 I brought the tafl game to the Nordic Game Day, but unfortunately there seemed to be little interest for the classic board game, as the guests concentrated only on "modern board game" style games.
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:14 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Tafl in Denmark
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8031
Re: Tafl in Denmark
October 2018 Hnefatafl was again presented at the Classic Board Game café. The other games were this time Daldøs, Trax, Nine Men's Morris, Othello (Reversi), 9x9 Go, Kalaha, Wari/Awalé/Oware, Quoridor, Checkers, Frisian Checkers and Catch The Lion. This time the Saami Tablut (Historical Hnefatafl 9x...