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- Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:28 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269622
Re: About the draw concept
Thanks Evans for your post and your statistics. I'm not qualified enough to respond to everything you said in it, but I think that the notion of both players having the same methods of winning or at least the same number of methods is rather a "philosophical" matter. At least for me, if the game's b...
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:34 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269622
Re: About the draw concept
Congratulations Adam!!! :D Well made observations, Hagbard! This so called rule+4) sounds very convincing to me. Does the test version of Copenhagen Tafl (not the tournament one) already include the new rules (at least those 3 established before)? I really would like to start some more Copenhagen ma...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:00 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269622
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
The new edge dynamic is indeed very refreshing. I am beginning to like this variant, too. Great work, everybody!
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:56 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Brandubh 7x7
- Replies: 92
- Views: 175228
Re: Anyone for Brandubh?
Hi crust, I've played this version of tafl once on my girlfriend's ipod, and I think that you couldn't capture the king on the throne only by two warriors (or it was adjustable, I'm not sure). Anyway, I really liked to play it, but don't you think that there is lack of strategic possibilities on suc...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:07 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Re: Berserk Hnefatafl
- Replies: 11
- Views: 51908
Re: Berserk Hnefatafl
Beyond, it seems to me that the berserk variant is in some way a totally different kind of hnefatafl. It's the fact that white has only one knight whose position isn't exchangeable. This means it's no longer the same from where both colours start on the board! And yet there's no realistic chance for...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181684
Re: proposal for an international hnefatafl society
Would be very helpful to have a ethymological analysis of the word by an expert in nordic languages (which I am not). I sometimes wonder why the 'h' at the beginning ... are there nordic languages who do actually pronounce that consonant in any way? As long as we don't know it better, I would propos...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:18 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181684
Re: proposal for an international hnefatafl society
While were at it, can we decide how to spell hnefatafl/hnefetafl? For what its worth, the most convincing argument I've heard for the nordic origin of the name is neve (fist) tavle (board) - interestingly table is 'bord' in modern norwegian while board is 'tavle' - go figure). Fistboard. What a gre...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:58 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Re: Gaming activity
- Replies: 52
- Views: 121008
Re: Comparison between real time and correspond. game forma
However, it was an excellent idea to add the correspondence game format to your site, I really appreciate that!
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:48 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Fetlar Hnefatafl
- Replies: 30
- Views: 79854
Re: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
I'm really looking forward to try out the berserk variant (my berserker rage is already growing *gr*), although the ability to "jump over" seems to be a bit strange at first sight. Another idea about the balance matter (yet far away from a historical view on the rules): If the tournament variant (fe...
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:51 am
- Forum: Strategy
- Topic: Compiling a list of openings
- Replies: 36
- Views: 82203
Re: Internationally agreed 11x11 tournament rules - poll
Very interesting list of openings, Roderich created. For identifying and analysing different opening moves and responses to these, would it be an idea to "normalize" the moves to the first quadrant of the board (a1-a6-f6-f1) ? As a hnefatafl board is eight-fold symmetric, fx. the opening moves d1-d...