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by Hagbard
Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254653

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

This is my bid for an evaluation of the Championship Tournament 2022: The tournament used the same format as last year, described here: http://aagenielsen.dk/diagonalformat.php Changes from last year: This year also a tournament line of Sea Battle Tafl. For each of the Hist. Hnef., Sea Battle and R...
by Hagbard
Wed Dec 28, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Saami Tablut
Replies: 57
Views: 161116

Re: Saami Tablut

Tablut and Tawlbwrdd game balance. The game balances are calculated for four groups of players, divided by strength: All players, Strong players, Very strong players, and Ultra strong players. Linné does not tell which side begins in Saami Tablut 9x9 . If black (attackers) begin in Tablut, the bala...
by Hagbard
Wed Dec 28, 2022 12:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: General rules
Replies: 39
Views: 111351

Re: General rules

Another note on the possible corner capture rule discussed 2018. Such a rule is actually described for several ancient board games closely related to tafl. The Roman Ludus Latrunculi is considered to be a predecessor of the tafl games. The Greek Petteia is considered to be a predecessor of Ludus La...
by Hagbard
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sahkku, Rules
Replies: 5
Views: 10396

Re: Sahkku, Rules

Copied from the small forum Oct. 30th 2022: Draganov: @Hagbard, I joined Thomas's invitation to play Daldos 3x12 and saw that we both started the game with three active pieces. Is this a new variant? I think this variant could be better than the old Daldos. However, is there any historical evidence ...
by Hagbard
Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254653

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

The timing idea of Cacreal in combination with the method above was tested All games for the latest two years 2021 and 2022 were reviewed regarding the timing. Had the timing method been the here mentioned, then out of 12047 games only 23 games would have got into trouble with end game timeout limi...
by Hagbard
Sat Nov 26, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254653

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

The timing idea of Cacreal in combination with the method above was tested on the last two World Tourn. games. If using this method then: Draganov / Cacreal. WTF World Championship Tournament 2022, Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 214 moves, ongoing 40 days White: It's possible to time out after 3.6 hour...
by Hagbard
Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254653

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Does it mean that if someone's time buffer is -6 days, he/she will be timed out if can't respond with a move in 2 hours after the opponent's move. If this is the true and a player A has to respond in 2 hours, the player B just need to make a move during the night and will win the game. That's right...
by Hagbard
Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 127
Views: 254653

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Timing. Copied from the small forum Oct. 12th 2022: cacreal: Can we add a total time to make our moves to the tournament games? Asking for a friend... Hagbard: Do you have a value in mind? cacreal: The current format makes it a world record for tournament length, which in itself is noteworthy. If e...
by Hagbard
Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:57 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
Replies: 153
Views: 269197

Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl

Copenhagen games which ended in a draw because of too few pieces on both sides. A draw is usually the result when black has less than 17 pieces and white less than 4 pieces. These examples were found: 13.4.2022 Holidayinnes/Jilles. A draw was finally agreed after 18 rounds with no captures (18 whit...
by Hagbard
Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:56 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Daabloe and Cuhkka
Replies: 1
Views: 1720

Daabloe and Cuhkka

The Saami draughts games Daabloe and Cuhkka may have deep roots in the oldest draughts games. Oct. 15th 2022 we were so lucky to meet the Frisian double World Champion in Frisian Draughts Marten Walinga, who visited Denmark to promote the Frisian Draughts. Walinga demonstrated the Frisian Draughts a...