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- Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:44 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: General rules
- Replies: 39
- Views: 112037
Re: General rules
On preventing that a game is stuck in repetitions. Repetitions were discussed at length in 2012. Here just a few comments. If repetitions were to be counted as repetitions of full board positions, and the player to lose were to be he who first entered this particular board position, then this way o...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:37 am
- Forum: Strategy
- Topic: Compiling a list of openings
- Replies: 36
- Views: 82700
Re: Compiling a list of openings
It is not yet.Brench wrote:I did want to make sure this wasn't already handled somewhere...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
- Replies: 32
- Views: 60889
Re: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
Game haphazardness. When a game variant seemingly is well balanced (game balance near 1), theoretically the fine balance can have another cause than the game working well. Imagine some completely uncontrollable game, where the outcome is like throwing a dice. The "game balance" of such a game would...
- Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:00 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Re: Gaming activity
- Replies: 52
- Views: 121484
Re: Gaming activity
Does this include Tournament games ? If so it will be biased towards those game types for which you have run competitions ! Yes, both championship and test tournaments. However, only variants which were found to work, are counted. Fx. ten tawlbwrdd setups were tested, but only three worked fine, an...
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:46 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
- Replies: 47
- Views: 124092
Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19
its obvious to me it needs something to shake it up now and again to avoid stagnations. Berserk taking and jumping knights could be a direct way to get things moving along, given enough of these special pieces on the board. The Adam Bartley setup of Alea 19x19 was tried out in a couple of test game...
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Re: Gaming activity
- Replies: 52
- Views: 121484
Re: Gaming activity
Which board sizes and which game types have been more popular during the latest two years? Board size 7x7. Brandubh 946 games Ard Ri 122 Magpie 213 Total 1281 Board size 9x9. Saami 610 Sea battle 72 Total 682 Board size 11x11. Copenhagen 3047 Fetlar 133 Berserk 182 Tawlbwrdd 692 Sea battle 85 Total...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:12 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Icelandic Sagas
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9439
Icelandic Sagas
January 16th I attended in the Historical Association a most fascinating lecture about the early medieval Icelandic Manuscripts with the Viking sagas, given by an associate professor from the Iceland University institute in Reykjavik responsible for the manuscripts. The manuscripts are on UNESCO's l...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:09 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175786
Re: Brandubh 7x7
Summary on the Irish Brandubh:
http://aagenielsen.dk/brandubh_summary.php
http://aagenielsen.dk/brandubh_summary.php
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Alea Evangelii 19x19
- Replies: 47
- Views: 124092
Re: Alea Evangelii 19x19
The religious tafl game Alea Evangelii is still a mystery. We've tried everything and anything and nothing worked. On the occasion of Christmas time I'll make another attempt at giving this game some thoughts. Having seen how impossible this game is with conventional rules, perhaps we should travel ...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:24 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
- Replies: 132
- Views: 256227
Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
This is my bid for an evaluation of the Championship Tournament 2016: My bid will be very similar to last year. What worked well. A month of signing in before the tournament. An Are-You-Sure step in the sign in. That everybody can join. We had again new names, who turned out to be strong players, o...