Hnefatafl (tuxdb.com)

Release 3.30

The biggest change of this update is the introduction of new variants and the new labels for older ones. The original release of this game was over six years ago on Android and since then a lot of variants have been added. In the same time the World Tafl Federation introduced and improved the rules they used. To get those two closer together we have introduced some new variants, all labeled as Historical, besides the "Old Hnefetafl" variant, which is derived from Fetlar Hnefatafl. The old variants (which were labeled "Hnefatafl", "Tablut", "Ard Ri" etc.) are still available but are now prefixed with "Legacy" and hidden by default. Click the "Show Legacy Variants" toggle in the variants selection display to see them again if you want to play them. Here is the full changelog:

Having multiple graphical mods with the same name is now supported.
Selection of Workshop Pieces and Boards will now remain when the game gets restarted.
The available boards and pieces designs are now named in the menu to make it easier to tell them apart.
Reduced size of the tooltips.
After playing on mobile for a while you now shouldn't be spammed with notifications anymore.
Again corrected the starting position of the knight in the Berserk Hnefatafl variant. He will now start on E7 as intended.
Improved the handling of Avatars from other Fellhuhn games.
All Fellhuhn Steam games now use the same user account as intended and don't create a new one for each game.
Reworked the variants: Many older variants are now marked as Legacy variants and hidden by default. The Historical rules as used by the World Tafl Federation have been added instead. The legacy variants can still be played though. (See above)
Added a new board image for 7x7 variants without corners and throne.

[ 2020-06-02 13:24:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hnefatafl
Philippe Schober

Developer

Philippe Schober

Publisher

2020-04-30

Release

Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support

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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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