Hello everyone,
My name is Plamen Draganov and I live in Sofia, Bulgaria. I am 32-year-old, married with a 3-month-old baby boy. I used to work as a History teacher in a Secondary School but changed my job 2 years ago and at that moment I am working as a web developer.
I found the Hnefatafl game while I was searching on the Internet for some ancient board games. I started playing Copenhagen Hnefatafl in the beginning of September 2020 and joined the world tournament this year.
The Hnefatafl game impressed me with its dynamical and tactical gameplay. Before finding the Hnefatafl game, I played chess on amateur level and I can see how the chess games helps me to understand the principals of Tafl.
I hope to make new friends in the nice Hnefatafl community here and deepen my knowledge as well as understanding of Tafl.
Hello everyone! I am working on a university project based on Brandubh, and am planning on developing an adaptive AI online for people to play against. I wish to learn a lot about the game, rules, history, and strategy! I have only just started learning Brandubh so as of now I am likely a very weak player but I hope to learn from the community and eventually give something back.
Hello! I'm a 44 year old American who plays Tafl games with his kids. Looks like I'm pretty late to the party, but I've enjoyed following through the discussions here.
My favorite Tafl variant is:
11x11 board
Defenders arranged in a cross
King moves and fights as any other piece
Escape to edge
No throne or special squares
Move first kill first, but pieces cannot survive between enemies
Hi,
I am Peter, who goes by Platypus here.
I am a 25yr old viking/saxon reenactor from the UK. I also play a lot of chess.
I have played hnefatafl at Viking shows for about 2/3 years now, but have become invested in the game very recently. It is not as challenging to only play people who have never played, so I ended up here.
Hnefatafl has simple rules, but the strategy is complex, which is the best kind of game. My favourite strategy got torn apart in my first game here, but it was a lot of fun. I hope to learn a lot and be a good player.
Hello
I'm a new player so I think I should introduce myself. So I'm 28 year old guy from Finland. I started to play Hnefatafl first time couple of years ago when I was studying in Edinburgh. I have played irreregulary ever since but lately I started to play more actively and I'd like to participate on tournaments as well. I don't have earlier experience on strategic boardgames but I would like to learn Hnefatafl and Im also interested to learn Backgammon.
I would like to find good opponents and new friends from here who are also enjoying this game.
Hi everyone! I have just joined the site though I have played Tafl for a little while on the Android app under the name Suibhne (I recognise some names here from the app).
I am Irish though I live in London currently. I originally stumbled across the Tafl games when I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole about Celtic and Norse mythology. It fascinates me that we know so little about how the game was originally played even though it was once apparently so culturally important.
I tend to prefer edge escape games with 11x11 or 13x13 board but I am happy to play any variant.
I am a history nerd who also likes uncommon abstract board games(Hex, Abalone, Amazons, Lines of Action, Agon...). I thought these were separate interests until I learned of Hnefatafl...
I have read Reconstructing Hnefatafl by Damian Walker and Hnefatafl: The Sacred Game of Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia by Jonathon George which have given me a great appreciation for the history of this game. I think it is supercool that we can play a game played by actual medieval Celtic and Viking warriors.
I look forward to playing some interesting games with you all!
