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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow 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
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. And then what?
struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)3. Next search down-thread for Lesson II
struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)2. How to play authentic Hnefatafl: Lesson II
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:
RushIsRot
(4,016 posts)4. I trust there will soon be a tutorial on how to pronounce the word...
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)5. is this the original chess board?