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by Hagbard
Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254666

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

World Tourn. 2023, background for the choice of variants. Copenhagen. We're used to the "Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11" . Hist.Hnef. 9x9: The "Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut-w)" is well tested. 11x11: Possibilities are "Historical Hnefatafl 11x11 (Welsh Tawlbwrdd)", balance -1.21 (Tawlbwrdd Be...
by Hagbard
Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: Tawlbwrdd 11x11
Replies: 19
Views: 59600

Re: Tawlbwrdd 11x11

Good points. The game balances of Tawlbwrdd variants are at the moment measured to Variant no. of games balance Welsh Tawlbwrdd 11x11 1753 -1.21 Welsh Tawlbwrdd-w 11x11 184 +1.13 Tawlbwrdd Lewis cross 11x11 319 -1.06 Tawlbwrdd Lewis cross-w 11x11 16 -1.67 *) Simple Tafl 11x11 1375 -1.18 Simple Tafl-...
by Hagbard
Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: World Tafl Federation
Replies: 80
Views: 181472

Re: World Tafl Federation

It was suitable to let the IM threshold for world champions be 1900 instead of the usual 2000. This way all world champions are IM or more.

Suggestion:
Likewise the GM threshold for world champions should be 2100 instead of the usual 2200.
by Hagbard
Sun Jul 02, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254666

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Test of WTF-tourn. timing 2023. The x4 timing, which is planned for the 2023 tourn., was tested using the Copenhagen variant: 9 players played 72 games. 6 of the games timed out = 8%. The longest game lasted 19 days. Compare this with the WTF-tourn. 2022, also the Copenhagen variant: 25 players pla...
by Hagbard
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254666

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Suggestion for the format of World Championship tournament 2023. Start: Sep. 15th. Format as tested May 2023: http://aagenielsen.dk/wtfdoubleelimtest4.php Four lines as last year: Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11. Historical Hnefatafl: Saami Tablut-w 9x9 & Welsh Tawlbwrdd-w 11x11. Sea Battle Tafl: Sea ba...
by Hagbard
Fri May 26, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254666

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

The Diagonal Tournament Format was tested again:
http://aagenielsen.dk/wtfdoubleelimtest4.php
by Hagbard
Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:14 am
Forum: Other
Topic: I've started to draw a few graphics for aagenielsen.dk
Replies: 213
Views: 255801

Re: I've started to draw a few graphics for aagenielsen.dk

Thank you for the new Total Hnefatafl pieces, they're added!
by Hagbard
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Re: Gaming activity
Replies: 52
Views: 120842

Re: Gaming activity

Which board sizes, game types and variants have been more popular during the latest year? Updated 31.12.2023 Board sizes. Other 3712 games 11x11 1908 9x9 772 7x7 413 5x5 102 19x19 72 13x13 71 15x15 65 17x17 8 Game types: Other games 3712 games Weak king 1859 Strong king 1275 Unarmed king (Sea battl...
by Hagbard
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sahkku, Rules
Replies: 5
Views: 10396

Re: Sahkku, Rules

Received from Erik Østergaard, Denmark: ... Egentlig opfatter jeg Daldøs som en overfortolkning af et grundlæggende forhold mellem kast og sektionslængde ved Tab-spil. Ideelt set bestemmes antal felter pr. sektion af det højeste kast med terningerne. Så (4+4)x2=16 felter. Ved fx indiske kvadratiske ...
by Hagbard
Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Daabloe and Cuhkka
Replies: 1
Views: 1720

Re: Daabloe and Cuhkka

Saami Dablo was tested with mandatory capture, and "Brave-Frog", Ukraine, discovered that this makes the game impossible, because the king is inevitably captured in the first three moves, presuming the handed down setup of pieces: http://aagenielsen.dk/dablo/dabloReplay.php?netspil1x=32315f323137353...