In a special Retro First Friday update, new content and documentation have been added to the game!

• The game's original intro sequence now plays at game start.
• New documentation has been added: a PDF that combines a new Quickstart guide with tips for getting started with a new scan of the game's full manual in English, French, German and Italian. This documentation is accessible to all from the Manual link on the game's store page, as well as in Library view for owners of the game.

[ 2021-09-03 22:22:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

A version of an old Norse board game called King's Table. The game has black and white teams, like chess, but each team has different pieces and a different raison d'etre.

The white team has a total of 13 pieces, the most important one being Odin the King, who starts in the centre of the 10x10 board and moves in the same way as a chess King, whereas black has 20 pawns and four other pieces. White wins if Odin can reach one of the corner squares; black wins if it surrounds Odin on all 4 sides. The pawns actually move the same way as chess queens, but pieces are captured by surrounding them on 2 sides (although some special pieces must be surrounded on 3 sides). The specials are chosen from the selection at the start of the game, and have a variety of abilities, some 'borrowed' from chess.

The presentation of this interpretation is similar to Battle Chess, with bold 3D graphics and lots of animation.