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- Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:37 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: General rules
- Replies: 39
- Views: 111490
Re: Balanced 9x9 and 11x11 tafl variants
So, for a future update? : Ban perpetual repetition for all 9x9 edge tafls. Minimum-kill for all games: White can get only a draw if at least 2 black pieces are killed. An interesting suggestion. I would like to propose that we keep Copenhagen as it is, simply because it is a rule set designed spec...
- Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269574
Re: About the draw concept
The past two years 1800 tafl games were played on this site. Counting the draws in the exposed variants gives 42 draws: 22 center forts 7 edge forts 1 corner fort 9 perpetual checks 2 cases of too few pieces left on both sides 1 case of white not able to move I wonder how many of these draws were i...
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 1:58 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
- Replies: 32
- Views: 60633
Re: hnefatafl and the quest for balance
Ah, the pitfalls of 'confirmation bias'. Beware one and all. I had always hoped that our rigorous testing of variants would help us to zero in on the ultimate tafl rule set to make tournaments and clubs easier to arrange. However I now think that that hope while laudable, was rather ill informed. We...
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:10 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269574
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
Excellent idea! That's is going to lead to some crazy corner situations. It will add another tool to whites toolkit for unlocking the corners. Lets see how it plays
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181661
Re: Poll: to decide on the name for our group.
here here! Once the name is confirmed I look forward to the first draft of our constitution!
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:50 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181661
World Tafl Federation
I think that World Tafl Federation has a better impression to what this is intended to be, not just a forum where we talk from time to time but a federation of people and nations dedicated to the advancement of Tafl in all it's incarnations, styles and rules.
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:45 pm
- Forum: Rules
- Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
- Replies: 153
- Views: 269574
Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
I agree with keeping the throne open in copenhagen, providing one is forbidding board repetitions its not a problem. And yes, the edge fort exit would be trickier with a blocking square in the centre. I'm not sure i agree with the logic of compulsory moves meaning white would lose in the zombie situ...
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:31 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181661
Re: Poll: to decide on the name for our group.
Thanks Roderich. Glad you like it! Glad to hear other opinions if people have them. Here is a suggestion for how it might look with typography. While working and choosing a font (News Gothic, a real classic, I thought it lends some gravitas to counter the levity of the initials, and worthy of the wo...
- Sun Aug 26, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181661
Re: World Tafl Federation
a group of groups is exactly what we are starting here. Lets say wtf is world tafl federation. Here is the logo I made some time ago when we started talking about this in another thread. The idea is fairly simple, its a globe, and also a viking shield, whose markings happen to remind us of a tafl bo...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:04 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: World Tafl Federation
- Replies: 80
- Views: 181661
Re: To get things started
I meant to post a reply long ago but have not had the time until now. Sorry! However, since then Crust has got things moving again with the official international group name, and my suggestion was going to be to see what that turns out to be, and then all international branches simply take that name...