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the teacher; Father Stephen Hayes. ... his rule set for Brandubh was a little different than what we play here in that it was lacking a few details and had a strong king. He played a throne that was not hostile and was blocked to all except the King including the ability to move through. The corner...

More Brandubh balances. The Brandubh 7x7 game balance is at the moment measured to +1.34 (setup Brandubh cross 7x7). To ensure that there aren't other setups with a finer balance, two alternative setups were tested: Brandubh cross no throne and Brandubh circle no throne, both without a throne. Game...

Tuireann wrote:the Dutch word 'Gezellig'. 'Hyggeligt' I think.

Quite right.

Ik heb twee Nederlandse vrienden and zij me leerde een beetje Nederlands een jaar geleden dus ik spreek genoeg voor meest simpel dingetjes. :P I understood that. Netherlands is a strange place to a Dane, because the language is like some kind of Danish written and spoken in a very strange way. Afte...

Tuireann wrote:[About as close as I can get leveraging my Dutch gutterals

Very good! I'm sure not many Americans could've said this. The family name is correct, and the Dutch pronounciation perfect; I know Dutch from an exchange student job in Delft once, and you must have Dutch roots.

Tuireann wrote:Also, how the hell is your name pronounced, Aage ???

The name does not exist in any other language. Pronounced as three vowels and no consonants.

Tuireann wrote:their stones(fish aquarium ornaments)

Good idea! Those look like fine board pieces.

Went to Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio. Thanks!!! A most interesting report. the teacher; Father Stephen Hayes. ... his rule set for Brandubh was a little different than what we play here in that it was lacking a few details and had a strong king. He played a throne that was not hostile and ...

Many Copenhagen players find Historical Hnefatafl difficult and vice versa. So as to not exclude too many skilled Copenhagen players from the final because they're having a hard time with the Hist.Hnef., it could be wise to widen the door a bit and allow 8 players to the final, 2 players from each o...

Two more test tournaments of the two Tawlbwrdd setups were done to find a best choice for the World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 round 1. Both setups were found to work all right, the game balances being -1.13 and -1.17, and both setups gave many good games. I went through all the ga...

When playing a pair of games white/black & black/white simultaneously, it's theoretically possible for a lower rated player to copy all the higher rated player's moves for his own moves. To avoid any risk or suspicion of that, when playing against higher rated players I usually as a common courtesy ...