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- Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:42 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175767
Re: Brandubh 7x7
Jan 23 2014 we reached a tafl milestone, finding that the "Saami Tablut 9x9" in all probability is the tafl game described by Linneaus in his diary from Lapland 1732. ( [link not working] ) The Brandubh 7x7, as outlined now, works well and is based directly on the Saami Tablut 9x9, which, as mention...
- Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:10 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Fidchell 7x7
- Replies: 0
- Views: 23568
Fidchell 7x7
We tested Fidchell and were not able to find any way of making it work.
Damian Walker has an interesting note arguing for Fidchell not being a tafl game at all:
http://tafl.cyningstan.com/news/1149/fi ... afl-or-not
Damian Walker has an interesting note arguing for Fidchell not being a tafl game at all:
http://tafl.cyningstan.com/news/1149/fi ... afl-or-not
- Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:30 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: 13x13 Tafl
- Replies: 19
- Views: 34725
Re: 13x13 Tafl
This doesn't surprise me, as the strong king is just a mistranslation of the Linnaeus source. The play-testing done on the site so far, along with the historical sources, seems to indicate that if a "standard" hnefatafl existed, it would have had a weak king. Since archaeologists found tafl boards ...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:27 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: 13x13 Tafl
- Replies: 19
- Views: 34725
Re: 13x13 Tafl
Perhaps not fully proved, but it's my strong impression, that strong king variants work only on the 11x11 board. On smaller boards the defenders always win, on larger always the attackers. Then there's the Magpie 7x7, which works only because the strong king is limited to one step per move. In contr...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:14 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
- Replies: 32
- Views: 60884
Re: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
I believe "+1" represents perfect balance; my question is, does "-1" also represent perfect balance? If so, the system skips any numbers between +1 and -1 Yes, with this way of calculating, +1 is identical to -1, perfect balance. When overweight flips from white to black, the sign flips from + to -...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:11 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: General rules
- Replies: 39
- Views: 112024
Re: General rules
Yes, a section about ordering is missing; could be:
Initial ordering.
The king is on the centre square, surrounded by his defenders.
The attackers occupy the central edge squares.
The ordering is rotationally symmetrical.
Initial ordering.
The king is on the centre square, surrounded by his defenders.
The attackers occupy the central edge squares.
The ordering is rotationally symmetrical.
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:28 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
- Replies: 19
- Views: 59859
Re: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
Never the less, this Damain Walker illustration from a historical source does indeed indicate a throne square also for Tawlbwrdd:
http://tafl.cyningstan.com/page/146/literary-sources
http://tafl.cyningstan.com/page/146/literary-sources
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:00 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175767
Re: Brandubh 7x7
Damian Walker gives on his internet site "Hnefatafl - the Game of the Vikings" a translated extract of an Irish poem describing Brandubh: [link not working] Allow me to repeat the Damian Walker note here in full: Abair riom a Eire ogh. An Irish poem attributed to Maoil Eoin Mac Raith throws much lig...
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:01 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: General rules
- Replies: 39
- Views: 112024
General rules
Through experience from thousands of tafl games some general rules for all tafl variants have emerged. Board. Always quadratic, the width an uneven number of squares. Used are 7x7, 9x9, 11x11, 13x13, 15x15 and perhaps 19x19. Pieces. Always one king, and number of attackers = 2 * number of defenders....
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:42 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175767
Brandubh 7x7
The Brandubh variant is really the good old Skalk game, which was discarded as useless on board 11x11 and not too good on board 9x9. Now at last perhaps the Skalk rules can come into use. The Skalk Hnefatafl 11x11 game, which is a Tablut corner 11x11, was stated in the book "Bræt og brik, Spil i jer...