Play Hnefatafl Online. The Viking board game.

World Championship Tournament 2024 starts Sep. 15th:
Tournament page 2024.
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Тавлеи против людей.
Rasmus Holbroe vikings
Artist: Copyright © Rasmus Holbroe (Jan. 2016).

jul
Merry Christmas! (Click on the image)

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12-02/09:09 Hagbard: Most active Hnefatafl countries on this site Nov. 2024:
1. USA
2. UK
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. Canada
6. Bulgaria
7. France
8. Moldavia
9. Belgium

12-01/12:07 Hagbard: - By the way, I didn't forget Iceland.
But didn't succeed to find a good and lively Christmas tune made in Iceland. Perhaps others know one?

12-01/07:57 Hagbard: It would be too difficult for me to implement. But it's a way to counter the first player's advantage.
So I sort of accepted Hex as an interesting game but imperfect.

12-01/03:33 ChaolAibhne: @Hagbard I can't recall whether I've asked you this before; if so, my apologies, I'm not intending to nag. What would the possibility of implementing the swap rule that usually employed in Hex? That is, to compensate for first-mover advantage, the second player has the option after the first move to let it stand or to appropriate it as their own (either by switching colours or relocating the move mirrorwise).

12-01/00:08 Hagbard: It's Christmas month:
https://aagenielsen.dk/jul2024.php
https://aagenielsen.dk/jul2024.php

11-29/08:42 Hagbard: *** info
The Copenhagen Final, round 5, is a Round Robin among 2 or 3 players.
2 players are certain, and the 3rd player is not certain yet.
The 2 certain players are started now, and the 3rd one is added or not when certain.

11-29/06:31 Hagbard: No better burden does a man bear on his road than great courage.

11-27/15:54 Hagbard: *** info
The Sea Tafl tournament finished and
the Sea Battle Master 2024 is:
"Alex Hnefatafl" !

11-27/09:22 Hagbard: Finished tournaments:
Daldos 3x12: #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Colophonius, #3 Potapych
Daldos 3x14: #1 Xerxes, #2 Tonyfromformby, #3 Potapych and Holidayinnes
Market Hnefatafl-w 9x9: #1 Paca, #2 Themightyglider, #3 Masterluke
Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Draganov, #2 Potapych, #3 Rosk and Nikolai hristov
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh 2): #1 Paca, #2 Colophonius, #3 Themightyglider
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh 2): #1 Colophonius, #2 Masterluke, #3 Themightyglider
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh 2): #1 Colophonius, #2 Themightyglider, #3 Masterluke
Daldos 3x16: #1 Tonyfromformby and Rosk, #3 Colophonius
Daldos 3x12: #1 Chaolaibhne, #2 Tonyfromformby and Colophonius
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh 2): #1 Paca and Colophonius, #3 Tonyfromformby

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Kievan Rus'.
Kievan Rus

Lejre
Alexander Steiger Dis' game set up in the Royal Hall in Lejre, Denmark. (Click on the image)

Forskningsdagene
Train your brain like a viking. Science Days in Norway Sep. 27th 2020. (Click on the image!)

Hnefatafl is also known by the names Nefatavl, The King's Table, The Viking Game, Viking Chess, Tablut or simply Tafl.
History of this site.
Art on this site.
Comments on Hnefatafl.
The origin of the Viking board game Hnefatafl and the Berserk rules.
Links to more information on the Viking board game Hnefatafl.
Tafl Shops.

Viking word of wisdom: The Hávamál.
(Havámál på dansk).

World Championship Tournament 2023.

Здесь можно играть в тавлеи против людей. Можно использовать кириллицу.

Many thanks to Tim Millar ("crust"), Adam Bartley ("Adam"), John C. Ashton, Nicolas Cartier, Jonas Lööf ("conanlibrarian"), Olli Salmi, Damian Walker ("cyningstan"), Rasmus Holbroe, Thore Nissen, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Corey Hart ("Brench"), Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Dmitry Pashkov, Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), David Zolli ("branan"), Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Alessandro Arzani ("Abbas Agraphicus") and all players who contributed to this site and to the photo gallery. And not least the more than 600 players the world over who played here 50,000 real tafl games humans against humans and created a vast, practical experience with this intriguing, historical board game.

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