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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...

The Diagonal Tournament Format was tested again:
http://aagenielsen.dk/wtfdoubleelimtest4.php

Thank you for the new Total Hnefatafl pieces, they're added!

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...