Tafl games (pronounced [tavl]), also known as hnefatafl games, are a family of ancient Northern European strategy board games played on a checkered or...
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originated in Scandinavia, as a variant of Tafl. In fact, Halatafl is still played in Scandinavia with rules similar to Tafl; see below. Edward IV of England is...
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Fidchell (category Abstract strategy games)
equal numbers. It should not be confused with similar games of Norse origin like tawlbwrdd or tafl (also called hnefatafl), which involved a king in the...
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games were played in open plains located between villages, and the goals could range from 500 yards (460 m) to 6 miles (9.7 km) apart. The Tafl games...
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Sua ghin gnua (aka tigers and oxen) Subtract a square Surakarta Sz'kwa Tafl games Tantrix Terhuchu Terrace Three musketeers Thud Tiger and buffaloes Tuknanavuhpi...
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squares) Four-field kono Reversi and Othello Yoté and Choko (game) Several tafl games It's also possible to use Go equipment as a low-tech interface to Conway's...
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theatre. Period games: where one can play board games such as Go, chess and tafl games, card games such as tarot card games and dice games. Pennsic Choir...
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Alea evangelii (category Abstract strategy games)
Alea evangelii (Game of the Gospels) is a member of the tafl family of games. Known from an illustration and account in Latin in an eleventh-century Irish...
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together with Frankish clothes made of gold thread. Games were popular, as is shown in finds of tafl games, including pawns and dice. The Sutton Hoo helmet...
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Game Stratego Suffragetto Sugoroku Summoner Wars (Second Edition) Ta Yü Tâb Tafl (Tablut) Tantrix Tak Twilight Struggle: The Cold War, 1945–1989 Verquere...
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Board game (redirect from Board games)
common game categories: Abstract strategy games – e.g. chess, checkers, Go, reversi, tafl games, or modern games such as Abalone, Dameo, Stratego, Hive,...
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name Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl (a reference to the Germanic-Scandinavian Tafl games, specifically Hnefatafl), and plays it to find his own weaknesses unlike...
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Mak-yek (category Abstract strategy games)
bear resemblance to the Tafl games which exhibit custodian capture and rook-like movement of pieces except that the Tafl games are asymmetrical in the...
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Vikings (redirect from Viking games)
tusk and ivory from foreign sources. The Vikings played several types of tafl games; hnefatafl, nitavl (nine men's morris) and the less common kvatrutafl...
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was asymmetrical, with a king-like piece belonging to one side, as in tafl games. Alternatively, some people believe this board may have been used along...
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Breakthru (board game) (category Board games introduced in 1965)
bookcase games. It is no longer in production. The game has been compared to Fox and Hounds, although it shows more characteristics of the Tafl games of the...
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game such as the Roman ludus latrunculorum, Irish fidchell, or Germanic tafl games. David A. Hinton, Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People...
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Two young courtiers who were in the habit of playing chess (actually Tafl games)in the room next to the queen eavesdropped and spied on her through a...
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2/11/24 AFC Kansas City Chiefs 25, NFC San Francisco 49ers 22 (OT) 1971 (TAFL) - San Antonio Toros 20 vs. Texarkana Titans 19 1983 (USFL) - Michigan Panthers...
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Tables game (redirect from Tables (board games))
languages for this family of games including the Anglo-Saxon toefel, German [wurf]zabel, Greek tavli, Italian tavoli, Scandinavian tafl, Spanish tablas and, of...
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Jul-gonu (category Abstract strategy games)
tafl games, and to a lesser extent to agon, awithlaknakwe, bizingo, watermelon chess, reversi, Othello, wei-chi, baduk, and Go as all of these games exhibit...
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lot of popular board games, such as Alquerque, Fox and geese, Go, Gomoku, Jungle, Halma, Nim, Nine men's morris, Reversi, Tafl and Tic-tac-toe. The package...
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Texas Football League (section Championship games)
new incarnation called the Trans-American Football League (TAFL). The 1971 season of the TAFL was the first season of spring pro football in United States...
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Mikhailovich learnt to play chess (and similar games, known today only by their names like tafl games or checkers) at the age of about seven. Chess suited...
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when it changed its name to the Trans-American Football League (TAFL) in late 1970. The TAFL lasted just one season, after which it and the Braves ceased...
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Sáhkku (category Traditional board games)
sáhkku, specifically Sámi board games that belong to a larger family of games – tablut is of the North European tafl family, while dablo is of the alquerque...
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playing at tables refers to Tafl, a family of ancient Germanic board games somewhat resembling chess, although which variant of Tafl is being played or its...
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a professional archer, swimmer, and wrestler. He plays the gusli, plays tafl, and is known for his courtesy and cunning. The following summary is after...
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Game mechanics (redirect from Mode (video games))
flying capture. Occupying the adjacent squares of an opposing token (e.g. tafl), also known as a custodian capture, custodianship or interception. Occupying...
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board, likely is the ancestor of Germanic or Celtic words such as *tabulā or tafl. Scandinavian societies adopted ludus latrunculorum into their societies...
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