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World Tafl Federation Championship 2026 - Sign Up from July 1!

The annual World Tafl Federation Championship is back!
This year's tournaments include Copenhagen Hnefatafl, Historical Hnefatafl, and Race Games.
Test your skills against players from around the world and fight for the championship titles!
Sign-up opens on July 1, 2026.
Deadline for registration: August 31, 2026.
Full tournament details here: Tournament Page 2026.
We look forward to seeing you in the tournament!

Play against humans.
Тавлеи против людей.
Rasmus Holbroe vikings

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2026-08-03 10:32 Paul7: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.

2026-08-03 10:32 Paul7: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.

2026-08-03 10:32 Paul7: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.

2026-08-02 12:47 Colophonius: Thanks for the information, Hagbard! I'll see what I'll do. :)

2026-08-02 08:32 Hagbard: Registered by August 2:

Copenhagen:
Alex Hnefatafl, Waclaw, Black Raven, Ailill, SuruRada, Hagbard, Jrton80, Tonythebook, Murray7, sqAree, Pavlo, henriquemattos, Potapych, Hattusili, Carsten Sederholm, Fraech, Draganov, saxon

Historical:
Alex Hnefatafl, Ailill, gulo, Hagbard, Tonythebook, Pavlo, Potapych, Dimetr, Draganov, MasterLuke, saxon, Zugwykor

Race:
rosk, Pokshtya, xerxes, Hagbard, Jrton80, Colophonius, Tonythebook, Potapych, Draganov, saxon

2026-08-02 08:23 Hagbard: We experimented with four different 7×7 Sea Battle setups, but they were all unbalanced, so Sea Battle 7×7 was abandoned.

The versions tested were:
Sea Battle 7×7 (No. 56)
Sea Battle-1 7×7 (No. 57) - Only one step at a time
Sea Battle 7×7 (Circle) (No. 61)
Fidchell (Sea Battle 7×7) (No. 66)

2026-08-01 23:24 Colophonius: Hey there everyone! Just a quick question: Is there a sea battle 7x7 game already been tested? I'm currently working on a wooden tafl cube for several 7x7 boards on the sides, for example with a throne and corners or a 7x7 tablut with just a throne in the middle or an empty 7x7 sea battle board.

2026-07-31 16:32 Zugwykor: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.

2026-07-31 10:41 saxon: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.

2026-07-31 10:40 saxon: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.

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

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

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World Championship Tournament 2025.

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