2026-09-13 12:20 Hagbard: Comment:
Finneon7 is first to qualify for Historical Round 2
2026-09-13 08:09 Hagbard: The Race Games tournament starts tomorrow at about 18 o'clock Danish time. Please check that you're on the list:
rosk, Pokshtya, xerxes, Hagbard, Jrton80, Colophonius, Tonythebook, Potapych, Draganov, saxon, Paul7, cacreal, brave-frog, ChaolAibhne, SuruRada
Deadline for registering for the Race Games line: tomorrow at 12 o'clock Danish time.
2026-09-11 09:22 Hagbard: The Race Games tournament starts in 3 days. Please check that you're on the list:
rosk, Pokshtya, xerxes, Hagbard, Jrton80, Colophonius, Tonythebook, Potapych, Draganov, saxon, Paul7, cacreal, brave-frog, ChaolAibhne, SuruRada
2026-09-10 16:11 SuruRada: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-09-09 21:03 Hagbard: Comment:
The first two Historical games of this year finished and were won by Pavlo.
2026-09-07 17:06 Hagbard: Comment:
Brave-Frog made the Historical tournament's first four moves.
2026-09-07 17:03 Hagbard: When men meet foes in fight, better is stout heart than sharp sword.
2026-09-07 11:09 Attila-F: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-09-07 10:19 Hagbard: Thank you! Corrected
2026-09-07 08:44 Потапыч: Why am I not in the tournament bracket for Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (aka Saami Tablut)
2026-09-06 07:33 Hagbard: The Historical tournament starts tomorrow at about 18 o'clock Danish time. Please check that you're on the list:
Alex Hnefatafl, Ailill, gulo, Hagbard, Tonythebook, Pavlo, Potapych, Dimetr, Draganov, MasterLuke, saxon, Zugwykor, Paul7, LuckyScoundrel, Finneon7, brave-frog, Casshern, Askeladd, brave-frog, ChaolAibhne
Deadline for registering for the Historical line: tomorrow at 12 o'clock Danish time.
2026-09-04 17:43 Hagbard: Comment:
Hattusili is first to qualify for Round 2
2026-09-04 14:24 Waclaw: I got the joke :) But the king is also ridiculous, all the white pieces are misaligned. Just noticed it recently. Now my eye twitches whenever I look at it :)
2026-09-04 13:39 Floki: @Waclaw The reason must have something to do with the fact that the white soldiers do not pledge allegiance to their king, who is centred !
2026-09-04 07:13 Hagbard: The Historical tournament starts in 3 days. Please check that you're on the list:
Alex Hnefatafl, Ailill, gulo, Hagbard, Tonythebook, Pavlo, Potapych, Dimetr, Draganov, MasterLuke, saxon, Zugwykor, Paul7, LuckyScoundrel, Finneon7, brave-frog, Casshern, Askeladd, brave-frog, Casshern, ChaolAibhne
2026-09-02 17:52 Waclaw: In the new token design for Copenhagen and Brandubh, the black tokens are perfectly centered, while the white ones are shifted to the right of the square. How do I unsee this now? :)
2026-09-02 16:45 Hagbard: Warning:
Each move must be done within 3 days.
Therefore SuruRada and Zinedine80 have timeouts coming in 24 hours.
2026-09-02 14:04 Hagbard: New Sahkku World Champion 2026, Jørgen Betten from Nesseby, Norway:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sapmi/comments/1w1jw11/s%C3%A1hkkuverdensmester_fra_nesseby/
2026-09-02 09:31 Hagbard: Comment:
— and Potapych made the tournament's first two moves.
2026-09-01 22:33 Hagbard: Comment:
The first two games of this year finished, both were won by Hattusili.
One was won by surrounding all whites, and the other was won by the guillotine.
2026-09-01 18:32 ChaolAibhne: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-09-01 18:28 ChaolAibhne: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-31 21:47 Hagbard: Registered by August 31:
2026-08-31 20:01 Hagbard: Info:
NB. Last year, I kept a very close eye on all approaching timeouts and warned players about them a total of 73 times. I won't have time to do that this year! So please keep a close eye on the game timing, e.g. here:
https://aagenielsen.dk/wtftidsfrister.php
2026-08-30 08:43 OdinHimself: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-29 19:08 Askeladd: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-29 19:08 Askeladd: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-29 08:25 Hagbard: I had not heard about it
2026-08-28 19:43 gulo: Very random: I just moved to the small town called Slangerup in Denmark. Now I read in the local newspaper that a guy in the same town is starting up a new online platform for old board games, including hnefatafl and other games we play here. He’s arranging an “opening weekend” tomorrow. Unfortunately he didn’t include the historical variants. Anyone here heard about this before now?
https://taflgildet.dk/
2026-08-28 09:45 Hagbard: @fermillyc: If you join the Copenhagen WTF tournament, which time zone will be valid for you? It may be important for the timing.
2026-08-28 09:28 Hagbard: Info: It looks like the Copenhagen tournament this year may well be as many as two rounds shorter, because elimination is again after 4 lost games rather than 5.
2026-08-28 08:29 Casshern: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-28 08:29 Casshern: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-28 08:15 Hagbard: The Copenhagen tournament starts in 3 days. Please check that you're on the list (Draco has no games yet):
25 players: Alex Hnefatafl, Waclaw, Black Raven, Ailill, SuruRada, Hagbard, Jrton80, Tonythebook, Murray7, sqAree, Pavlo, Potapych, Hattusili, Fraech, Draganov, saxon, Paul7, Zinedine80, LuckyScoundrel, Luizz, cacreal, Askeladd, Finneon7, brave-frog, fermillyc
2026-08-28 03:10 Draco: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-27 21:39 fermillyc: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-27 12:03 Hagbard: and the boy who won 2025 looks like his son?
2026-08-27 11:33 Mihkkal: On the video, that's Dag Broch, who's behind the Unjárga World Championships and who has won cups both in Unjárga and Oslo
2026-08-25 19:18 Hagbard: NB! The Copenhagen WTF tournament starts in 6 days, August 31 at about 18 o'clock Danish time!
2026-08-24 14:13 Hagbard: If the WTF-tournament were to start now, the setup would be:
https://aagenielsen.dk/wtfturnering2026.php
2026-08-24 10:37 Hagbard: Here is a local video from Sápmi demonstrating the rules of the more complicated Sahkku variant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL-2djunKA4
2026-08-24 10:18 Hagbard: Article on Norwegian TV in 2018 about the Sámi race game Sahkku:
https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/slik-spiller-du-det-ursamiske-spillet-_sahkku_-1.14196821
Here is an article from Finnmark County Municipality from 2026:
https://www.ffk.no/tjenester/kultur-og-kulturarv/aktuelt-kultur-og-kulturarv/sahkku-det-samiske-brettspillet-som-engasjerer-hele-finnmark.69707.aspx
And here the local newspaper in Sápmi, Varangeravisa, reports on last year’s Sahkku World Championship tournament:
https://varangeravisa.no/2025/08/30/se-10-aring-fra-tana-bli-verdensmester/
2026-08-22 10:35 Hagbard: Regarding the race games:
The annual Sahkku World Championship will be held in Northern Norway on August 29, and as usual, it will take place at the Várijat Sámi Musea in Varangerbotn.
The tournament is a regular part of the annual Sámi market, Vuonnamárkanat, which takes place around the museum.
They use a much more complicated version of Sahkku there than we do.
(I had AI look these things up, but it seems to be correct.)
Since the annual World Champion is crowned in Sápmi, we only call our winner Master.
2026-08-21 16:44 brave-frog: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-08-21 16:43 brave-frog: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-21 16:43 brave-frog: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-21 11:23 Hagbard: Just a little note on how to manage the paired games in the WTF tournament (which will start on the evening of August 31):
There may, perhaps unconsciously, be a risk of being influenced by the opponent’s moves and inadvertently mirroring them in your own game.
We saw a few cases of this some years ago.
As a precaution against this, I use the following method myself:
I let the player with the lower rating start. Only after about ten moves does the player with the higher rating start the other game.
2026-08-19 23:50 Finneon7: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-19 23:50 Finneon7: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-19 02:17 Askeladd: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-18 07:32 Ytreza: @Waclaw - I'm sometimes out of network connection for more than a week, especially in the winter. So I can't participate
2026-08-17 18:29 Hagbard: New in gallery: Ringsted Medieval Festival
2026-08-15 21:39 cacreal: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-08-15 21:38 cacreal: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-15 04:04 williebgoode: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-13 12:16 Hagbard: New in gallery: Lejre and Roskilde.
2026-08-12 10:12 Luizz: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-12 08:55 Hagbard: New in gallery: Alex Hnefatafl's game sets
2026-08-10 17:54 Masterluke: Nah, forget about it. Doesn’t work at all…
2026-08-10 17:35 Masterluke: Forgot to mention: pieces should only move 1 space. I'll give it a try on Fellhun's app ;)
2026-08-10 14:48 Masterluke: Just wondering: Is an Ard-Ri game with 25 pieces (same amount as Tablut) on a 7 x 7 grid, but NO throne and edge-escape with a weak king applied, ever tested on this site? There's only one variant here, with 17 pieces and which favorites the whites. A more crowded game board might correct that situation? It would be great to have a more or less balanced small game variant, in contrast to Brandubh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Ard-Ri was originally conceived with that much pieces, but proved very unbalanced, because of the corner-escape, throne and against-the-edge capture.
2026-08-09 17:24 OdinHimself: @Hagbard: Thank you! Let the future generations remember.
2026-08-09 11:42 Hagbard: By the way, information about Lucho Panchev's games is collected here:
https://aagenielsen.dk/taflshop_panchev.php
2026-08-08 13:57 LuckyScoundrel: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-08-08 13:56 LuckyScoundrel: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-08-08 13:25 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl: I invite Plantagenet and Aluizo for the games.
2026-08-07 16:49 Hagbard: yes, PDF is the easier format.
2026-08-07 15:14 OdinHimself: @Hagbard& Thank you! If I send you a word file or PDF would you be so kind to post it on site so that every user can read the whole history of creating the game set?
2026-08-06 20:48 Hagbard: New in gallery: Lucho Panchev Hnefatafl game set 2026.
2026-08-06 12:57 Waclaw: This is a really awesome job🔥
2026-08-06 11:13 Hagbard: Thank you very much for the video. It is a beautiful game set!!
All the warriors are individually carved with their own unique appearance. This is the first time I have seen that idea!
Here is the video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OCoMd429_kQCXHNkXbv-7q_GkSwywXjs/view?fbclid=IwY2xjawThGIBwZG9mA2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMFRXSUdXZ1A2djVLcE1XUVNzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAEwAAEeyyP2aONJ7_DdfyAwAkMQETCEOhPQwVPa1WzlB2V7sSCfOoNL-HcgLZXWVL4_aem_6owjJAT_2ib_qcyGrHj_qg
2026-08-06 09:00 OdinHimself: Hagbard, please check your Messenger, I've sent you a message.
2026-08-06 08:05 Hagbard: yes, new aliases must have completed at least one game.
2026-08-05 21:10 Draganov: @Hagbard, are we going to apply the rule for at least 1-2 completed games before participation in the WTF? It seems we have a lot of newcomers who registered for the championship but still have not completed a single game. They are potentially showoffs which can worsen the match pairing in the WTF.
2026-08-05 05:53 Zinedine80: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
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 08:23 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.
2026-07-31 10:39 saxon: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-29 23:51 Hagbard: Thank you to Luk for those!
2026-07-29 23:45 Black Raven: Thanks @Hagbard! Also, really like the new piece design!
2026-07-29 23:06 Hagbard: fixed
2026-07-29 07:34 Black Raven: Well, actually 4 on the throne, 1 next to the corners, and 2 everywhere else.
2026-07-29 07:32 Black Raven: @Masterluke
Yes, I was hoping for this to be changed as well. For Brandubh, it should say "The King is captured by 4 on the throne and 2 everywhere else."
2026-07-28 19:52 OdinHimself: Soon.....
2026-07-28 17:03 Masterluke: I noticed this sentence underneath the game board of Brandubh2.5W 7x7 (current tournament 1198): "If a throne: King captured by 4 and 3 around it. NB! Next to the throne, the king is captured by 2 blacks!"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is misleading: either the king is captured by 3 or by 2 blacks when next to the throne?
2026-07-26 23:27 MasterLuke: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-24 09:23 Draganov: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-24 09:22 Draganov: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-24 09:22 Draganov: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-24 09:17 Hagbard: Registered by July 24:
Copenhagen:
Alex Hnefatafl, Waclaw, Black Raven, Ailill, SuruRada, Hagbard, Jrton80, Tonythebook, Murray7, sqAree, Pavlo, henriquemattos, Potapych, Hattusili, Carsten Sederholm, Fraech
Historical:
Alex Hnefatafl, Ailill, gulo, Hagbard, Tonythebook, Pavlo, Potapych, Dimetr
2026-07-22 23:29 Hagbard: The uncompletedly measured game balances so far are:
Historical Hnefatafl 15x15 (w, Gulo 1) +1.25
Historical Hnefatafl 15x15 (w, Gulo 2) +3.00
- That is not bad at all for the Gulo 1, whereas Gulo 2 seems to end up unbalanced.
2026-07-22 19:25 gulo: Initial testing has proven 15x15 gulo2 unplayable. King side will almost always win. 15x15 gulo1 seemed decent at first, but at higher skill level this is also too much in favour of king side (e.g. my games against iolllan286).
From here on, to weaken king side, we can either make the defender cross entirely straight and closed (like Lewis Cross) or spread attackers out (two pieces on each block’s front row moved back and outwards) – or both.
2026-07-21 20:12 Hagbard: New in gallery:
Basque Country Tafl Championship 2026.
Kerteminde Cherry Festival 2026.
2026-07-15 00:17 Fraech: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-12 14:28 CarstenCederholm: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-11 20:30 Hattusili: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-11 08:44 Dimetr: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-10 18:04 Потапыч: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-10 18:03 Потапыч: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-10 18:03 Потапыч: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-08 22:59 SuruRada: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-08 21:09 henriquemattos: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-05 20:29 Павло: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-05 20:29 Павло: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-05 20:29 Павло: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-05 10:35 Hagbard: Good to see that sqAree has joined, after the strong performance last year.
Just a reminder that this year's tournament should be around 20% less exhausting, as players will again be eliminated after four losses instead of five.
2026-07-05 08:53 sqAree: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-04 03:14 Murray7: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-03 19:54 Tonythebook: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-03 19:53 Tonythebook: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-03 19:35 Tonythebook: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-03 10:22 Colophonius: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-03 00:23 Jrton80: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-03 00:23 Jrton80: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-02 23:51 Hagbard: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-02 23:50 Hagbard: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-02 23:50 Hagbard: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-02 14:56 gulo: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-02 12:05 xerxes: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-02 10:39 Hagbard: For comparison, here are the updated game balances for the other Historical Hnefatafl 15×15 setups:
Historical Hnefatafl-w 15x15 (Walker): -1.38
Historical Hnefatafl-w 15x15 (Nielsen): -1.71
2026-07-02 00:03 SuruRada: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-01 22:06 Ailill: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-01 22:06 Ailill: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-01 22:00 Hagbard: The two 15x15 setups for Historical Hnefatafl proposed by gulo are added.
Both variants have also been given the gulo/dimetr throne modification.
2026-07-01 17:30 Pokshtya: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-01 16:44 Black Raven: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-01 15:04 Waclaw: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:52 rosk: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:11 test1: Registers for the WTF Race Games Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:11 Alex Hnefatafl: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:11 Alex Hnefatafl: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:10 test1: Registers for the WTF Historical Hnefatafl Tournament.
2026-07-01 13:10 test1: Registers for the WTF Copenhagen Tournament.
2026-06-30 08:42 Hagbard: Sometimes real-life events make me think of Loki.
Norse mythology is full of stories about Loki.
Loki accomplishes many good things, and many not-so-good things.
In the end, things ended badly for the Loki of Norse mythology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPG7oykA6g
2026-06-30 07:18 Waclaw: I have the same error too.
2026-06-30 01:17 Black Raven: @Hagbard I keep getting this error when I try to check my games and it does not load for me:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected integer "20", expecting ")" in /var/www/aagenielsen.dk/public_html/spilnavn.php on line 96
2026-06-29 19:56 MasterLuke: @gulo: yeah, I know what you mean. I experienced the same thing a few years ago. I made the big mistake to make him a Facebook-friend, a few years ago. I'll spare you the shitload of insults I got from him. (of course I defriended him immediately after that). The fact I'm playing against him now on a tournament, is because I got 'trapped' accepting an invitation to participate, and it seems I cannot cancel the game. I guess because of he's a genius in playing Tafl is the only reason Hagbard tolerates him in this community.
2026-06-29 17:47 gulo: Now Alex is spewing out his antisemitic slurs at me through a game chat on Fellhuhn’s app.
2026-06-29 16:37 gulo: I’m not interested in 15x15 with strong king. I already proposed proper historical variants in the large forum:
https://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1903#p1903
2026-06-29 16:35 gulo: Also, the “throne” should be called “king’s castle” (that’s the only historical term we have, from Linnaeus).
2026-06-29 01:51 Waclaw: In my humble opinion, nothing needs to be added to or taken away from Copenhagen.
2026-06-29 01:16 Black Raven: I agree that the throne should be consistent among Hnefatafl variants. It is very confusing to have a different throne for Copenhagen and Historical. Honestly, I still have some problems with the new throne (I don't think it makes sense in a real world context for ordinary White pieces to be able to cross the throne), but it is still an improvement over what we had previously.
2026-06-28 20:16 Hagbard: AlexHnef sent some mails:
I meant adding the historical 15×15 version of Hnefatafl with a strong king, as well as Sea Battle 13 (Nielsen), but with White to move first.
I have mentioned this before. Historically, 15×15 boards have been found. If the tests prove successful, we will be able to say that, as researchers and reconstructors, we have finally managed to take this field one step further after so many years. There have already been several attempts to play on a 15×15 board. Now we should complete what we started.
And I also think that the same throne should be introduced into the Copenhagen variant.
2026-06-28 17:01 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl proposes a new
Historical 15x15
and a new
Sea Tafl 15x15.
Is there a need for these variants?
The latest year there were in all
9 games of Sea Tafl, and
38 games of board 15x15.
When testing new variants of these groups, there's risk that they don't work.
And if they work, there's a risk that they're not used.
2026-06-28 15:50 Hagbard: New in gallery: Midsummer Eve
2026-06-26 16:29 MasterLuke: Hi Folks,
I just posted something in the large forum. Check it out:
https://aagenielsen.dk/hnefataflforum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=177
2026-06-24 12:16 Antonius: Could somebody please explain the changes made to the throne in Historical 11 x 11 and 13 x 13? Thank you.
2026-06-24 11:38 Hagbard: Dimetr1 throne is also modified. The changes are effective immediately.
2026-06-23 17:23 gulo: I’d suggest the new rules also apply to 13x13 dimetr1. This variant would benefit more than dimetr2 from the change I think.
2026-06-23 17:16 Black Raven: @Hagbard does this affect 11 x 11 and 13 x 13 games currently in progress, or only future games?
2026-06-23 16:53 Hagbard: It's simpler to modify the existing two variants. On 11 and 13 boards the balance difference will be small, but it's also possible to limit the new calculation to future games
2026-06-23 16:27 gulo: Should the rule change not apply to a new set of variants of 11x11 and 13x13 then, with clean slate balance measurement?
2026-06-23 16:22 gulo: Oh, I thought unrated for the first tests meant the games wouldn’t impact player rating…
2026-06-23 13:49 Plantagenet: @Hagbard Thanks.
2026-06-23 12:32 Hagbard: fixed
2026-06-23 12:23 Plantagenet: @Hagbard I cannot play against another player. It's written: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "," in /var/www/aagenielsen.dk/public_html/klasse_braet.php on line 1531
2026-06-23 12:11 Hagbard: The Gulo-Dimetr throne modification is introduced to Historical 11 and 13.
2026-06-23 08:35 Hagbard: When the game balance of a new variant has been determined, the rating history is updated using the established balance.
2026-06-22 20:38 gulo: On another note: Are unrated games included in the rating history graph? Otherwise I don’t understand the sudden disrepancy in mine… I lost a lot of unrated brandub games lately due to time out, and my rating history is now about 100 off the main page rating.
2026-06-22 20:34 gulo: I wouldn’t mind testing it, even though statistics currently suggest that king side already has a slight advantage in those variants. I think the impact on balance will be much smaller the larger the board size.
2026-06-22 09:59 Hagbard: Alex Hnefatafl proposes that Gulo's and Dimetr's two changes to the throne rules in Tablut 9×9 should also be applied to the other Historical Hnefatafl variants, followed by a new round of testing. Initially applied to:
* Historical Hnefatafl 11×11
* Historical Hnefatafl 13×13
which will be used in the upcoming WTF tournament.
What do you think about this proposal?
2026-06-18 09:49 Hagbard: Jeg gik mig i lunden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drn8X7_qH64