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by Hagbard
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Re: Gaming activity
Replies: 52
Views: 121089

Re: Gaming activity

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...
by Hagbard
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sahkku, Rules
Replies: 5
Views: 10415

Re: Sahkku, Rules

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 ...
by Hagbard
Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Daabloe and Cuhkka
Replies: 1
Views: 1737

Re: Daabloe and Cuhkka

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...
by Hagbard
Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255400

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

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...
by Hagbard
Wed Dec 28, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Saami Tablut
Replies: 57
Views: 161369

Re: Saami Tablut

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...
by Hagbard
Wed Dec 28, 2022 12:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: General rules
Replies: 39
Views: 111609

Re: General rules

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...
by Hagbard
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Sahkku, Rules
Replies: 5
Views: 10415

Re: Sahkku, Rules

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 ...
by Hagbard
Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255400

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

The timing idea of Cacreal in combination with the method above was tested All games for the latest two years 2021 and 2022 were reviewed regarding the timing. Had the timing method been the here mentioned, then out of 12047 games only 23 games would have got into trouble with end game timeout limi...
by Hagbard
Sat Nov 26, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255400

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

The timing idea of Cacreal in combination with the method above was tested on the last two World Tourn. games. If using this method then: Draganov / Cacreal. WTF World Championship Tournament 2022, Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 214 moves, ongoing 40 days White: It's possible to time out after 3.6 hour...
by Hagbard
Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Hnefatafl Internet Championship
Replies: 132
Views: 255400

Re: Hnefatafl Internet Championship

Does it mean that if someone's time buffer is -6 days, he/she will be timed out if can't respond with a move in 2 hours after the opponent's move. If this is the true and a player A has to respond in 2 hours, the player B just need to make a move during the night and will win the game. That's right...