Hnefatafl

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Hnefatafl is a precursor of chess that was popular in many parts of Europe during the dark ages.
The exact rules that this game was originally played with are unknown, and there are many varient rules that can be substituted for the rules that I used in this movie.
1 Black moves first
2 All pieces Including the king move like the rooks in chess
3 Pieces are captured by sandwiching them between two of your pieces, between one of your pieces and the space in the center of the board (called the throne), or between one of your pieces and one of the corner spaces. It is possible to capture more then one piece with one move.
4 Only the king can occupy the throne space but pawns from both sides can move through it.
5 White wins the game when the king is moved to one of the corners of the board.
6 Black wins the game when the king is captured by surrounding it on all four sides by your pawns (or three sides if it is at the edge of the board.)
If you have any questions or need me to clarify anything please don't hesitate to ask.

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@vj7248 4 года назад

fun fact: this is how the game was originally played, with psychokinesis

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

"I don't think it makes sense that the king would go into battle unarmed," Nor does it make any sense that it takes twice as many men to kill a king than one of his men, nor that soldiers can only move orthoganally in straight lines on a battlefield, nor that it always takes two men to kill one, nor about a dozen other things that don't make sense in real life. The point is not to have a 100% accurate re-enactment. The discussion is what game rules make for the most playable game.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

Hnefatafl is the greatest game in history. And cool video.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

"The sides are a little uneven, but not so mutch that the game becomes unwinnable." A little? 12 captures to 4? The king took part in 9 out of the 12 captures for white. Four black pieces MUST surround the king at the four cardinal points in order for black to win. At no time in your video did black have more than 2 near the king. Why? Because with a king that captures, almost every piece black puts near the king will be captured. But black has no other way to try and win!

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

The rules in this video make it too easy for the king to win (king captures like any other piece and corners are hostile). Escape to the edge with a "weaponless" king makes for a much better game.

@FreddyBarbarossa 13 лет назад

@MAT0R0 Here's a guide to Hnefatafl and several variants: alumnus DOT caltech DOT edu/~leif/games/Hnefetafl/index DOT ht ml Hope that helps

@Brjostabarn 13 лет назад

this game is brutal but i have one question: do the pawn like guys move as many spaces as they can

@faultelectronica 10 лет назад

How come the peice that is killed comes back alive at 0:53?

@SailorBarsoom 9 лет назад

One of the things that I find interesting about this game is that it's asymmetric. Asymmetric but balanced. I got to thinking: are there any *sports* which are asymmetric yet balanced? The only thing I can think of is baseball, where one team sends up one guy at a time to try to score, and the other team uses nine guys to stop him. But the two teams teams switch back and forth. It's all I've got, though. I'm going to ask around.

@SKGibb1 9 лет назад

Sailor Barsoom Nice observation. Cricket would be another one: Two batters at a time, defending a wicket, try to score runs against 11 fielders. When all the batters are out, they change sides. The only other sport that comes to mind is Curling, as while one team slides the stone, the other team is armed with brooms!

@SailorBarsoom 9 лет назад

Sean Gibb Curling, yes! It gets made fun of a lot, but I found that I actually like it a bit. Cricket I don't know much about at all, but I can look it up. Thanks.

@KungKras 8 лет назад

+Sailor Barsoom Starcraft is asymmetric but balanced. And it's a sport in south korea :)

@SailorBarsoom 8 лет назад

KungKras If it ever gets into the Olympics, South Korea will sweep the medals.

@richgames1935 7 лет назад

I have a version of it in my Etsy store, check it out if interested: www.etsy.com/listing/489844293/hnefatafl-sea-battle-tafl-tablut-9x9

@EricSchwin22 13 лет назад

underrated board game that deserves recognition.

@mikefearn5213 6 лет назад

I have just release my App version for iPad and iPhone (The Viking Game) which can play many different variants of these Tafl Games. It features the strongest A.I. Player yet developed to play these games, and features board sizes from 9 x 9, up to the 15 x 15 board found at Coppergate in York.. I think people should reconsider playing corner escape rules, as the historically documented edge escape rules provide a much more evenly matched game, and is a lot more strategic.

@ИгорьПономарев-щ3е 4 года назад

Классная игра!!

@JohnSmith-un9fy 9 лет назад

Yes at 0:53 you do resurrect a peice. LOL cool vid though!

@victordiegogutierrez7248 6 лет назад

hahaha it doesn't resurrect. It was hiden by the king.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

Walkerlinkous, Escape to the corners, hostile corners, and king captures are all *modern additions* to the rules. Carl von Linne documented the Sami playing tafl in the 18th cent. Robert ap Ifan documented tafl in the 16th. HJR Murray and RC Bell documented the game rules in the early and mid twentieth century. And the famous Riksutställningar re-enactment was from 1972. *None* of these had corner escape/hostile corner/king capture rules.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

"seems a little lazy to try and change the game to fit your play style rather then changing your play style to fit the game." I can tell by this statement that you believe the rules you got from this manufacturer (the importer company NorseAmerica) are truly the "official" rules. While NorseAmerica has labelled their directions as "The official NorseAmerica rules", there are no set standard of "official" rules (which is why they interjected *"NorseAmerica"* after "official").That's *theirs*

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

Escape to the corners, hostile corners, and king capture rules came into being from writers on the internet who wrote "articles" on tafl and made themselves look like experts, all the while spreading the myth that escape to the corners with a weaponless king is extremely unbalanced. But among seasoned players, that assertion is demonstrably false.

@gokharol 13 лет назад

How the hell's it pronounced

@jmedlarec4824 4 года назад

neh fa ta fel

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

@EricSchwin22 On the contrary, I think the Sten Helmfrid/Schmittberger rules (playing to the corner) used in this video is OVER-rated and incredibly stupid. It has made a laughing stock out the game. The game is an embarrassment. It is playing to the edge that is underrated. Corner play is a joke.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

NorseAmerica published their rules in 2008, well after many of the "expert" articles on the internet had perpetuated the myth of what set of rules are playable.

@HnefataflModern 13 лет назад

Needed to correct my wording: "that escape to the corners with a weaponless king is extremely unbalanced" ...should be escape to the "edge" not "corners"

@jlw9113 12 лет назад

Go is also a very interesting game. It developed in china and became very popular in Japan. It's the oldest board game still played. It's approximately 4000 years old.

@MessiahComing 11 лет назад

I know there are different variations, but I thought the king could only be moved 3 spaces, and was not allowed to be used for captures. Also, I didn't see any unit exchanges.

@halfadeaty 7 лет назад

How do you kill the king?

@thejackinati2759 7 лет назад

capture the kind by placing black pieces on all 4 sides, unlike normal pieces where only 2 sides need to be covered

@richardturner6981 6 лет назад

My Danish ancestors must have played this game for hours and enjoyed it. It seems like a simple enough game and i will learn how to play it. Where can i play against the computer?