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15.4.2017 Damian Walker wrote a post about Dardell Hnefatafl from 1987: http://tafl.cyningstan.com/post/1796/dardell-games-hnefatafl http://aagenielsen.dk/Rare-Collectable-Wooden-Boxed-Hnefatafl-The-Viking-_57.jpg The Dardell game is identical to our Sea Battle tafl 11x11 except for two small detail...

Various Ard Ri configurations were tested, and the Ard Ri throneless 7x7, which is mentioned above, was found to be still the best balanced. Yet one strong player, casshern, was able to win all his games, both as black and white, in the Ard Ri-1 7x7 test tournament (board with throne, king moves onl...

Adam wrote:some images where Ive overlayed tafl boards onto a viking trelleborg.

For information: 2014 a fifth Viking ring castle was found in Denmark. The Viking ring castles are a Danish speciality and will perhaps some day be included as Unesco world heritage.

The Shetland island Unst is attributed a couple of unusual rules and tafl variants. King hammer only. The rule of the king capturing as hammer only and not as anvil, is actually one of the options mentioned by David Brown. ( http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10#p17 ) Pi...

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White wins in 6 moves. How?

That cluster is intruiging, although it's only 23 games. A shift of just 5 games converts that into a 60% chance, which is more in line with the overall game balance. It would be interesting to have several masters play a tournament each other *starting from that configuration* to see if any new re...

I just put together the full document for responses to h1-h3 and mailed it to you and there are many options available to white which preserve white's advantage. There are many others that do not. If white makes the wrong move here the outcome could be disastrous. Thanks! The file is here: http://a...

Here's a sample of the first two moves assuming we have started with h1-h3 (or an equivalent move). Can this be concluded so far: ? We know from statistics that it's harder for black to win. Best black opening move gives black a chance of 43%. Other openings are available but more challenging, chan...

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White wins in 7 moves. How?

Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White wins in 8 moves. How?