A little known fact about the vikings is that they really liked board games, and their favorite game was Hnefatafl.
Hnefatafl is a game of strategy, somewhat similar to chess, though it is not derivative. Hnefatafl predates chess, and was the game to play until chess ousted it during the middle ages.
Download Hnefatafl for free. Hnefatafl is a viking board game that is in a way similar to chess. I plan to implement several variants like Tablut, Hnefatafl, Ard Ri and some more. EBro Software Products. Viking Siege brings back a board game that was immensely popular across northern Europe in the dark ages, but was lost for many centuries. Long before chess came to Europe, this game was played in Scandinavia, Iceland, England, Wales and Ireland. Hnefatafl: The Game of the Vikings. Nov 12, 2016 Marija Georgievska. It is a family of ancient Germanic and Celtic strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed game board with two armies of uneven numbers. The attackers aim to surround and kill the enemy King while the defenders must protect their King as he tries to escape to a.
Hnefatafl was the game of choice for the vikings, and much of its popularity was due to the vikings spreading it around to the places the travelled to. Unlike most other strategy games, Hnefatafl features two unequal teams, which different goals, an attacking team, and a defending team. The attacker's goal is to capture the king, while the defenders goal is to let the king escape. The attacker also gets twice as many pieces, yet it is the defender that really has the advantage.
Though the game was the most popular game in the world during it's time, the rules were never actually written down. We know some rules by marked game boards which have been discovered, some rules from viking poems and song, and some rules written by an observer that couldn't even speak the language. However, by piecing together bits and pieces from different places, we can be fairly certain how the game was played.
I had never played the game before, in fact, I built this board just so that I could play the game. It turns out that it's really a fun game. The rules are simple but the game play is interesting and requires good strategy. I also discovered that my brother is much better at it than I am, which is a little embarrassing.
Hnefatafl
Hnefatafl v.1.0 Hnefatafl is a viking board game that is in a way similar to chess. I plan to implement several variants like Tablut, Hnefatafl, Ard Ri and some more. The first version will support playing over the internet but not have an computer ai. Size 71kb, downloads 1937. Hnefatafl print-and-play file with an elaborate 19x19 layout for 73 pieces. The board and pieces can be printed onto six sheets of A4 paper. A seventh sheet contains the assembly instructions and game rules. The rules are for the only known hnefatafl game on the 19x19 board, alea evangelii. The rules borrow much from.