Hnefatafl forum

Great work Skallatorc, lovely set of rules. I found it necessary (when I was writing out the rules for a tournament) to specify that, although you can capture two or even three warriors in a single move, this did not mean you could capture two or three warriors standing together in a row, just by pu...

Lovely poem Chuck, worthy of Gestumblindi. Who is "Hranfn"? Anyway, you have inspired the following riddle, which kind of works best if you don't already know what the answer is, so try and pretend you don't. And there's a clue at the left hand side of the riddle... High King armed and expecting a f...

Thank you Roderich, Skallatorc and Luigi005 for your contact details. Anyone can contact me through my website http://www.tim-millar.co.uk if you haven't got my e-mail address. We'll soon have a proper statement of our aims etc. The main one is of course to get more folks playing hnefatafl! Best wis...

Just found this video on youtube about one way to make your own hnefatafl set, and a brief intro to the rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNM4054Io7I

They also do some great working model catapults! http://www.stormthecastle.com/catapult/index.htm

Hi Roderich, Yes, the gaming pieces are an interesting detail, though their presence doesn't prove anything, as boards and pieces are rarely found together. Shame we can only see one of them. It's quite odd that they say "carved from stone or antler" - don't they know whether it's stone or antler? O...

A supposed hnefatafl board has been found by archaeologists working on the Brough of Deerness, Orkney. http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/08/11/dig-team-find-proof-there-were-picts-on-the-brough-before-the-vikings/ From the report: Perhaps the most “fun” [discovery] though, was the discovery ...

It could also work to black's advantage sometimes, as in this example. Without the shieldwall rule, white would surely win

quick question about the shieldwall rule:
If the position bottom left is a legitimate shieldwall capture, then presumably the corner bottom right which would be safely blocked under fetlar rules is vulnerable under copenhagen rules?

Ok, the Poll has ended, and the vote went to "World Tafl Forum", though during the voting another idea "World Tafl Federation" was proposed, which seems to have a lot going for it, and is close enough to World Tafl Forum. I don't want to weary you all with another poll - so does anyone have a really...

The shields are a really good idea. Especially if you're playing Copenhagen rules, with the extra "shieldwall" rule! A beautiful hnefatafl set, I couldn't resist clicking on the pieces, like an idiot, hoping they would move