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September 2021 we had another go at testing Skalk Hnefatafl 9x9 (Expomedia) , this time with the defenders (white) to begin. The king is captured from 2 sides and has to make it to a corner. Next to a corner the king can be captured against the corner by one enemy piece. We earlier found the game ba...

Thank you for the new Berserk 11x11 pieces, they're added!

Draganov mentioned in the small forum some doubt of the game balance of Saami Tablut 9x9, in that black should be in favour, and a very strong player always would win as black. The top five Tablut players are 2018 Casshern (168) 1770 Ded fomich (420) 1687 Alex hnefatafl (177) 1667 Draganov (39) 1649...

Would it be possible for the rules of Sahkku to appear somewhere on the web site, rather than just giving us a link to the Wikipedia page? The Wikipedia page gives too much information for a newcomer to get a quick understanding of the game. Also are you aware that the Norwegian links to the rules ...

A combination of Round Robin tourn., Swiss tourn. (Monrad system) and balanced Double Elimination tourn. was tested using Fetlar and Tawlbwrdd and worked. 1. All players were ordered by their separate rating for the variant used. 2. First round, all players have a match against their nearest neighbo...

World Champ. tourn. of Copenhagen Hnefatafl last year had 26 participants. Had a Double Elimination (Swiss style) been used, the tourn. could've run along these lines: Round 1 and round 2 can run simultaneously. Round 1 Distance -1 1 Bye 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2...

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Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:39 pm

Is this because Brandubh3 includes an exception for squares adjacent the throne? Or is this a bug?

Brandubh3 has a normal throne, i.e. king captured by 4 on it and by 3 next to it.
The exceptions here are that noone can cross the throne and the king cannot return.

The Swiss tournament system works like the Double Elimination, only without the elimination. A principle in the Swiss system (Monrad) is that players all the time as far as possible play against their equals. If one takes the Swiss principles and adds the double elimination, then an example of 8 pla...

Perhaps a format test could be run of:

Welsh Tawlbwrdd Double-Elimination ?

Short timing as it is a test run.

Which board sizes, game types and variants have been more popular during the latest year? Updated Dec. 30th 2021. Board sizes. 7x7 346 games 9x9 689 11x11 2697 13x13 134 15x15 146 Other 1720 Game types: Weak king 2066 games Strong king 1769 Unarmed king (Sea battle) 177 Other games 1720 Variants: 1...