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- Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:16 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Home-made tafl games
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Re: Home-made tafl games
Thomas Jacquin, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, made a fine Hnefatafl game, described here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Magnetic-Hnefatafl-Board-Game/ and also made a Youtube video about the Copenhagen rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrvd7HQ5GM Also here, the board is decorated wit...
Re: Puzzle 10
Exactly!jrton80 wrote:i4 to i9 would make it so that any move by j10 would end the game from i10 to j10, proper swaming of black would prevent any other outcome
And a following g8-g10 would finally close down access to the king's area for any other whites.
Re: Puzzle 9
Draw fort: since it does not matter what black does white moves e10-f10, g9-g11, h10-g10, then g11-f11 Correct! Black can only delay white with f7-g7 and then g7-g10 (the king has at this point reached g11). But the black piece is then killed by g2-g9xg10, and the exit fort is finished in the next ...
Puzzle 12
Copenhagen Hnefatafl. Black wins in 3 moves. How?
Puzzle 11
Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White's next move determines the game and white wins. How?
Puzzle 10
Copenhagen Hnefatafl. Black's next move determines the game and black wins. How?
Puzzle 9
Copenhagen Hnefatafl. White wins in 4 moves. How?
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:19 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Home-made tafl games
- Replies: 1
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Home-made tafl games
Christian Busch blogged about a new tafl game of his: http://pimpmyboardgame.com/?p=1948 Interestingly, the leather board from The Merry Merchant is decorated with burnt in Viking ships for starting positions of attackers. On the present site we have sometimes discussed that the tafl game might simu...
Re: Puzzle 8
That's right!
- Thu May 25, 2017 12:10 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Tafl in Ukraine
- Replies: 4
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Re: Tafl in Ukraine
They're creating three clubs in Ukraine for Medieval games and firstly Hnefatafl. The idea of Medieval Games clubs with Hnefatafl as one of the games could be fruitful, attracting a larger public than merely Hnefatafl clubs. Solely Hnefatafl clubs were tried in Tromsø, Norway, and in Burnsall, UK, ...