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by Hagbard
Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:19 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

marc0 wrote: Could you please post the links to the two online versions you mentioned? http://aagenielsen.dk/tafl_humans.php Invite for a new game. More variants. Choose "Hnefatafl edge 19x19", "Sea battle tafl 19x19" or "Tablut 19x19". Thank you Hagbard! It occurred to me that (if I understand cor...
by Hagbard
Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:48 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sparse set ups
Replies: 0
Views: 23809

Sparse set ups

Damian Walker deduced a formula for the usual number of tafl game pieces p as a function of board size w: Many layouts conform to a simple formula: p = 6w - 29, where p is the number of pieces and w is the width of the board, in playing spaces. This gives a ratio of pieces to empty space of approxi...
by Hagbard
Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

marc0 wrote: Interesting discussion! The Alea Evangelii set up can be tried in the online games with weak (tablut) king and unarmed king, and in both cases the defending side seems hopeless. Strong king might have a chance to get through to the edge. But the Alea Evangelii board has marked corner s...
by Hagbard
Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:40 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19

Interesting discussion! The Alea Evangelii set up can be tried in the online games with weak (tablut) king and unarmed king, and in both cases the defending side seems hopeless. Strong king might have a chance to get through to the edge. But the Alea Evangelii board has marked corner squares, so the...
by Hagbard
Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Modern Alea Evangelii

plantagenêt wrote: About the Alea Evangelii Tablut, I offer this variant that it seems to me to be an amelioration: _ _ A _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ A _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ N _ N _ A _ _ _...
by Hagbard
Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:35 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii

17x17 Alea Evangelii? Marco wrote: In her book L’enluminure et le sacré [link not working], Dominique Barbet-Massin presents the following argument (p.360): Le dessin du damier tel qu'il est représenté, montrant des pions disposés autour d'un pion “unitaire” au centre, ou défendant les quatre cases...
by Hagbard
Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:01 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii

Marco wrote: I just received from the library a copy of L’enluminure et le sacré by Dominique Barbet-Massin: a scholarly book (in French) which includes an extensive discussion of Alea Evangelii and MS 122. I also found an online source ( The Irish Invented Chess! By Brian Nugent) which provides a ...
by Hagbard
Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Modern Alea Evangelii

plantagenêt wrote: I offer creating a new Alea Evangelii variant with the following rules: King has to reach one of the four corner squares to win, all pieces have the same positionning as Alea Evangelii Tablut (and Sea Battle), the king has at his disposal 20 common warriors and 4 guards who're pl...
by Hagbard
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:59 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii

Marco wrote: Michael Lapidge has identified the author of the Alea Evangelii text and diagram with “Israel the Grammarian”. Only a few fragments are known about the figure of Israel. From them, Lapidge has assembled this tentative biography in his 1992 paper Israel the Grammarian in Anglo-Saxon Eng...
by Hagbard
Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
Replies: 47
Views: 123754

Re: Alea Evangelii

Marco wrote: Thanks Marc0, that clarified things for me. So, my main angle for looking again at Alea, is that the presently accepted proposed set up for the game leads to a dull game where white is hopelessly surrounded from the start. Hello Adam, given the limited information we have about this ga...