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by Hagbard
Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:36 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
Replies: 19
Views: 59685

Re: Tawlbwrdd 11x11

Various sources have proposed initial orderings for tawlbwrdd 11x11 (no throne) which have been combinations of Defenders' ordering: Diamond or cross. Attackers' ordering: T-ordering . . b . . b b b b b Bell . b . b . b b b b Lewis b b b b b b These formations can be combined in 5 ways, and the meas...
by Hagbard
Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Saami Tablut
Replies: 57
Views: 161256

Re: Saami Tablut

Olli Salmi sent this mail: Jag kollade lite var Linné var när han skrev reglerna. Han var på färden tillbaka till Umeå från Rørstad i Norge men ännu i fjällen. Han använde vägvisare och tolkar, så det här från Wikipedia måste vara fel: "His description, in Latin, was incomplete, as he did not speak ...
by Hagbard
Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:43 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123575

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

Is the black piece in e13 a black knight? There's also some special piece in j13? The two special pieces could be reverse pieces? Knights are usually white, but there's one black knight? And commanders are usually black, but there's one white commander? A GO board is 19x19, so the ideas can be teste...
by Hagbard
Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255161

Hnefatafl Internet Championship

This is my bid for an evaluation of the Championship Tournament 2014: What worked well. A month of signing in before the tournament. Tournament start at September 1st, which is after summer holidays. Splitting the tournament into a Preliminary Round 1 and a Final Round 2, and splitting Round 1 into...
by Hagbard
Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:28 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255161

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

I like also your idea of smaller groups for the preliminary rounds. What kind of system do you suggest exactly? I think it is kind of interesting to make groups out of 5-7 players with a focus on five ... If we let advance the upper half rounded down As an average game length is 60 moves, each prel...
by Hagbard
Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:28 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255161

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Sonneborn-Berger is a clever principle. So: 1. points scored in this round in case of a tie: 2. direct comparison of the games of the tied players (for this round) 3. Sonneborn-Berger score calculated for this round in case of still a tie: 4. preliminary round: both players proceed. Final: new round...
by Hagbard
Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:05 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255161

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

If players in rating order are A, B, C, etc., the grouping is 1 2 3 4 A B C D E F G H I J K L . . . . . . . . In the preliminary games with one day per move, player A would pay special attention to games against players E and I, because most likely one of these players proceeds to the final. In the ...
by Hagbard
Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:34 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255161

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Draft for the 2014 internet Championship tournament. Rules: Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11. Sign up: all August. There will be a facility for signing up for the tournament. Start: September. An average game lenght is 60 moves. If a tournament takes 3 rounds and 2 days per move is allowed, then the whol...
by Hagbard
Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:52 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123575

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

Yes. And another question is: which type of king would be the most likely to balance such a game? Armed and captured from 4 sides, armed and captured from 2 sides, or unarmed and captured from 4 sides? If the marked corners are used as escape points, the king should be armed and captured from 4 side...
by Hagbard
Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:27 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123575

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

marc0 wrote:It occurred to me that (if I understand correctly) the Ogre/Kaempe rules applied to the king would make it impossible to capture him by sandwiching (since he can "eat" any adjacent piece).
Yes, of course you're right. It slipped my mind. The king has to be unchanged.