This update brings a few bigger additions:

Graphical Annotations

During a match it is now possible to draw on the board. These graphics are stored with each match so they persist over multiple sessions. So you can easily pick up where you left without missing any important information. Four different colors are available. With the right mouse button drawn lines can be erased.

Textual Annotations

During a match or while reviewing it (or even while spectating the match of others) it is now possible to annotate each and every move. You can use Nunn's annotation for that (??, ?, ?!, !?, !, !!) with a voting system or use the comment section. Each single turn has its own comment section where every player can participate. This is not private between the two players as the chat is. So remember to be civil.

Changelog

Added the option to draw annotations on the board. These will be saved with each match on the device. They aren't synced over multiple devices.
Multiple invites can now be declined in a row or accepted after a decline.
The match history will now also show which side was played as.
After logging out the match history button will now be removed.
A match can't be left anymore while the game is submitting a move. This should prevent some out of sync problems.
Coppergate matches can be joined via the match browser again.
Online matches can now have their turns commented upon and rated by other players.

[ 2020-05-08 11:27:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hnefatafl
Philippe Schober

Developer

Philippe Schober

Publisher

2020-04-30

Release

Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer

Tags

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support

Controls

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(39 reviews)

Review Score

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Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249510

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Hnefatafl is an ancient Scandinavian board game whose variants were played all over medieval Europe before chess was even invented. In those so called Tafl games two different sized armies fight each other. The invading black army tries to capture the white king, while the defending white army tries to protect their king and help him escape.

Often also called the Game of the Vikings Hnefatafl tells many stories, like the Moskowites invasion of Sweden or the Viking hordes pillaging Britain. But no matter what the story is one thing always stays the same: The hunt for the king.

Even though the rules aren't complicated the game offers fascinating strategies and rewards tactical play. Try to surround the enemy pieces, plan ahead, lay traps and force your opponent into surrender. Will you capture the king for gold and glory? Can the loyal guards hold back the invading forces and secure the flight of their king?

You can even create your own custom variants -- with over 200,000 different variants possible -- for online or offline play!

This game includes the following variants:

Hnefatafl
Hnefatafl - Copenhagen Rules
Hnefatafl - Historical Rules
Hnefatafl - Berserk Rules
Hnefatafl - Fetlar Rules
Simple Tafl
Sea Battle 11x11
Sea Battle 13x13
Linnaeus' Tablut
Tablut
Tablut - Historical Rules ("Saami")
Foteviken Tablut
Ard Ri
Brandubh
Magpie
Tawlbwrdd
Tyr 13x13
Tyr 15x15
Tyr 19x19
Coppergate 15x15
Alea Evengelii
Custom variants for offline and online play

All variants can be played online or offline against bots or fellow humans. Even the custom variants.

Included features:

Offline play for two humans
Offline play against various computer opponents
Offline play for two computer opponents
Online play
Ranked and unranked matches
Cross Platform Play between Android, iOS and Windows clients
Play Online on your PC and continue on your phone, all with just one account
Ingame Chat for Online play
Achievements
ELO Leaderboard
Match Browser
Share games with other players so that they can spectate
Match Annotations - review any shared match and discuss strategies
Match History - review any of your completed matches
Tutorial/Rules included
Partial Controller support

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04
Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+. Vulkan capable
Storage: 200 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor) Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04
Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+. Vulkan capableNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 300 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor) Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.

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