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struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 08:58 PM Apr 2015

How to play authentic Hnefatafl: Lesson I

You will need an authentic Hnefatafl board.

Obtain a small boulder and smooth off one side. Then carve a grid into the face to create an 11x11 grid of squares.

Your result should look something like this, but bigger and not broken:

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How to play authentic Hnefatafl: Lesson I (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2015 OP
And then what? shenmue Apr 2015 #1
Next search down-thread for Lesson II struggle4progress Apr 2015 #3
How to play authentic Hnefatafl: Lesson II struggle4progress Apr 2015 #2
I trust there will soon be a tutorial on how to pronounce the word... RushIsRot Apr 2015 #4
is this the original chess board? Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2015 #5

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
2. How to play authentic Hnefatafl: Lesson II
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:24 PM
Apr 2015

You will need authentic Hnefatafl pieces.

Obtain many small pieces of amber and one slightly larger piece of amber. Carefully carve the larger piece into a kinglike figurine.

Your result should look something like this, but with many more small pieces of amber:

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