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- Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:45 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
- Replies: 19
- Views: 59923
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:17 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175970
Re: Brandubh 7x7
Brandubh balances. The Brandubh 7x7 game balance is at the moment measured to +1.32 (setup Brandubh cross 7x7). To ensure that there aren't other setups with a finer balance, two alternative setups were tested: Brandubh line and Brandubh circle. Game balance results are: x . b . b . x . . . . . . ....
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:32 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: archaeology
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24552
Re: History
Stone Age game. Note item 6 in the photo below; black, polished game pieces found in a stone age settlement in Denmark, several small pieces with one larger piece. Stone age board game with a chief piece? Or a stone age hunters' game with a prey piece? http://www.kjeldlarsen.mono.net/upl/9844/Kgeve...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:46 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
- Replies: 132
- Views: 256569
Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Evaluation of the Championship Tournament 2015. What worked well: A month of signing in before the tournament. Are-You-Sure step in the sign in for the tournament. That everybody can join. We had again new names, who turned out to be strong players. Tournament start at September 1st, after summer h...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:48 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 271909
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
The draw in Copenhagen is still an interesting subject. I remember that it was Adam's hobbyhorse to get rid of as many draws as possible in the Copenhagen game. And a very useful hobbyhorse it was too, since it turned out to be possible to do so and still have a well functioning game, probably even ...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 271909
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
As for the two Copenhagen rules for repetitions, 7c and 8, they cover two sorts of repetition: 1) The side stepping repetition. Often an eternal check repetition, in any case a repetition to break out from some position, but in vain, since the break out attempts are all the time stopped by the oppon...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:10 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 271909
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
I did an analysis on the archived games and found that no Copenhagen game lasted more than 64 (half)moves after the latest capture of a piece (i.e. 32 full moves). I would suggest to simply transfer the chess fifty-move rule into the Copenhagen hnefatafl. Wikipedia says: "The fifty-move rule in ches...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Classic game books
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8958
Re: Classic game books
What precisely do you want to know? I have both. Murray's full description is nine pages long, but I can give you his introductory paragraph that contains the gameplay. Scandinavia and Iceland: Tafl, hnefatafl (HC. 445); Pre-conquest England: Tafl; Wales: Tawlbwrdd (F. R. Lewis); Ireland: name unre...
- Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:57 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Classic game books
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8958
Classic game books
Does someone know about the precise hnefatafl descriptions of Murray and Bell?
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:21 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 271909
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
The shieldwall rule. Does somebody know the origin of the hnefatafl shieldwall rule? The rule is explained in this German page: http://www.hnefatafl.net/englisch/ehnefatafl.html#Schildwall The Shieldwallrule Shieldwallrule means the application of the double trap and the capture of the king on the ...