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by Hagbard
Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:44 am
Forum: Member introductions
Topic: Member introductions
Replies: 27
Views: 74201

Re: New member greet/introduction section

hrafnblod wrote:Also is there a junior section?
There's no junior section, unfortunately. The youngest tafl player of known age here, besides your son, is 19 years old.
by Hagbard
Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:14 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Re: Gaming activity
Replies: 52
Views: 121090

Re: Gaming activity

Sigurd wrote:Proposal for 'Short' Tafl Games'
Implemented.
by Hagbard
Sun Feb 14, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
Replies: 153
Views: 269936

Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl

The Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 was outlined April 2012 and has ever since been brought to good use at World Championships on this site and at several live tournaments in UK. The Copenhagen game includes the "Old Hnefatafl" and the Fetlar Hnefatafl and is merely an extension of these (better working,...
by Hagbard
Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Re: Gaming activity
Replies: 52
Views: 121090

Re: Gaming activity

Proposal for 'Short' Tafl Games Thanks for the draft of a "short game" concept, very good thinking! The first two years of online-gaming here (2010-11), all games were real time, no correspondence mode available. Sole time limit was that each move must be done within 5 minutes, and by this simple m...
by Hagbard
Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:42 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sea Battle Tafl
Replies: 37
Views: 94894

Re: Sea Battle Tafl

A test tournament showed that the Sea Battle circle 9x9 setup (balance +1.46):
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is as balanced as the Sea Battle T 9x9 setup (balance +1.55):
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by Hagbard
Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: 15x15 tafl
Replies: 14
Views: 38933

Re: 15x15 tafl

10/2/2014 Hagbard wrote: I referred to the former - none of the edge squares are patterned. I see what you mean, peg holes are visible to the left, where a wooden border was attached. And you were right about the horizontal line of fracture - the two parts do fit together. The carved lines in the l...
by Hagbard
Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:59 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: 15x15 tafl
Replies: 14
Views: 38933

Re: 15x15 tafl

8/2/2014 Hagbard wrote: I've attempted to deduce logically what can be seen in the Oslo board fragment. Here's my interpretation of the Oslo board: Premises. 1. The board is size 15x15 and has no marked corner squares; it has no marked edge squares at all. 2. More than a quarter of the board is vis...
by Hagbard
Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:56 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: 15x15 tafl
Replies: 14
Views: 38933

Re: 15x15 tafl

6/2/2014 Hagbard wrote: - "So these markings may simply be ways of helping players to 'see' the smaller boards within the larger board, somewhat like Alltis lovely boards in the gallery." - Yes, exactly. My theory is, that the the small 9x9 part of the board was actually used most of the time. The ...
by Hagbard
Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:53 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: 15x15 tafl
Replies: 14
Views: 38933

Re: 15x15 tafl

4/2/2014 Hagbard wrote: I've taken a closer look today at the 15x15 Oslo board. Tim has a point, comparing the rampart idea with the hostile base camp of the Ashton tablut. The Ashton base camps are indeed constipating, and to that they also give rise to an uncontrollable Ragnarok game where all pi...
by Hagbard
Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Re: Gaming activity
Replies: 52
Views: 121090

Re: Gaming activity

Time control. 21/12/2014 Adam wrote: I remember the inclusion of the 15 days limit to allow for holidays. But am I right in saying that as its just the last 10 moves that count, that one can 'reset' ones amount of days? So if one was at the limit, and then played ten moves quickly, would one zero o...