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by Hagbard
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Re: Berserk Hnefatafl
Replies: 11
Views: 51922

Re: Berserk Hnefatafl

Tonythebook wrote: I've just played Freach in Berserk, 175 moves, a game worth highlighting. I started as Tafl and he looked dead, then he used Berserk tactics and wiped my defence, then it became a true battle... Maybe you can share it somehow as a demo? The game is: Fraech / Tonythebook. Tournamen...
by Hagbard
Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sahkku, Rules
Replies: 5
Views: 10412

Re: Sahkku, Rules

The Daldos variants are now tested for a year starting with 3 awake pieces as in Sahkku. The haphazardness of the race games are measured to Sahkku: 32% Daldos14: 57% Daldos16: 57% Daldos12: 85% These numbers show that The Sahkku winner is determined much more by skills than by luck of dice. It requ...
by Hagbard
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

I believe it must be accepted that "correspondence" format games last a long time. Thank you for the thoughts! It's a dilemma. All players, with a few exceptions, want quick games, and in reality it's not possible because of time zones etc. The x1 timing (2 hours per move, buffer 2.5 day) was found...
by Hagbard
Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Quick timing is a big problem. Compare fx. Los Angeles and Sofia. In Los Angeles leisure time after work 17 o'clock until 22 o'clock when time to turn in corresponds to Sofia 3 o'clock at night until 8 o'clock morning. In theory the two players will never meet live and can only exchange one move ea...
by Hagbard
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

This is my bid for an evaluation of the Championship Tournament 2023: The tournament used the same format as last year, described here (revised): http://aagenielsen.dk/diagonalformat.php Changes from last year: The Diagonal Tournament Format was revised. The timing was revised. What worked well: Th...
by Hagbard
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:48 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

WTF tournament duration and number of opponents. The WTF tourn. 2023 lasted 81 days, and each strong player met at most 8 opponents totally, and only 2 at a time. This is the shortest tourn. duration since 2013. And the three years of Diagonal Tournament Format have the smallest number of opponents...
by Hagbard
Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

National Champions 2023. 2013-2017 was in UK organised every year a UK Hnefatafl Championship tournament. 2017 and 2020 were national championship tournaments run on this website. On occasion of the 25 years anniversary I'd propose that we have again national champions 2023. Counting the games only...
by Hagbard
Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Improvement of Race Games Round 1 setup. At the moment players would be set up for Round 1 this way: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 00 x x x x 01 x x x x 02 x x x x 03 x x x x 04 x x x x 05 x x x x 06 x x x x 07 x x x x 08 x x x x 09 x x x x 10 x x x x 11 x x x x 12 x x x x 13 x x x x...
by Hagbard
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:25 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Improvement of Round 2 setup. At the moment players would be set up for Round 2 this way: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 01 - x x 02 - x x 03 - x x 04 x - x 05 x x - 06 x x - 07 x x - Player 05 has a much harder round than all other players. The following setup would be better: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 ...
by Hagbard
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255305

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... 08 x x x 09 x x x x 10 x x x x 11 x x x x 12 x x x x 13 x x x x 14 x x x x 15 x x x x There's a flaw in the low end also. Round 1 is much harder for player 15 than for player 14. The low setup should be 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14...