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- Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:05 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269619
Re: Internationally agreed 11x11 tournament rules - poll
there is the potential in a tournament for white to refuse to enter into battle at all with the pictured monstrosity I like to call 'The Skulking King'. Crust and I have done a small draw fort test where white only tries to build a fort, while black attempts to prevent it. Initial results suggest i...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181683
Re: proposal for an international hnefatafl society
WTF. Genius. Laughed Out Loud. While were at it, can we decide how to spell hnefatafl/hnefetafl? For what its worth, the most convincing argument I've heard for the nordic origin of the name is neve (fist) tavle (board) - interestingly table is 'bord' in modern norwegian while board is 'tavle' - go ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:34 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Fetlar Hnefatafl
- Replies: 30
- Views: 79853
Re: Internationally agreed 11x11 tournament rules - poll
Initial ordering white diamond, blacks in line. The initial ordering used in the Fetlar game shows a natural picture of white team gathered in a castle around their king, and black team surrounding the castle in safe distance. The picture is silence before the storm. Some very convincing reasoning ...
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:48 am
- Forum: Strategy
- Topic: Named move patterns
- Replies: 4
- Views: 26664
Named move patterns
I don't know if this is the right place to discuss that, but I really would like to know which are the established opening names and their exact coordinates – whatever starting position – so far (the Millar Gambit does already "exist", doesn't it?). So far the names are unofficial, the establishmen...
- Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:45 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Fetlar Hnefatafl
- Replies: 30
- Views: 79853
Re: Internationally agreed 11x11 tournament rules - poll
There is still no winning "formula", even extraordinaryly competent players like Tim or Pedro lose sometimes with their "strong" color against average players with good ideas. This hits the nail on the head for this rule set quest. In short, there shouldn't be a winning formula. If there is, then a...
- Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:35 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269619
Re: Internationally agreed 11x11 tournament rules - poll
Hi Roderich, thanks for getting the ball rolling : ) You are quite right about the draw positions. I am considering opening up a topic about the pros and cons of them. On balance I feel they enrich the game enormously, but as you say there is the potential in a tournament for white to refuse to ente...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:38 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181683
Re: World Tafl Federation
I rather like the idea of aping the FA, being that our situation is rather like that of football in the 1800s. What about The NA, The Nefatavl Association (to use the danish spelling for hnefatafl), or IHA, the international hnefatafl association? Association has a more official quality than society...