Hnefatafl (tuxdb.com)

Release 3.63

With this update we introduce the Quick Matches. These are intended to be completed in one sitting. They will have a fixed time limit of one hour per move and an opened match that no one joins will be automatically closed after 15 minutes. This mode will be improved with future updates and should help to get matches done quicker. You can also set movements to be instant to navigate through matches more quickly. Complete changelog:

Added quick matches as an option. Those will have a fixed timelimit of 1 hour per move and if no one joins will be discarded after 15 minutes. Those are supposed to be finished in one sitting.
The ELO list will now also offer to filter for Historical Hnefatafl.
The cursor keys won't rotate the board anymore if the chat or annotation input has the focus.
Your placing will now be shown in the tournaments list.
Opening the settings won't change the currently running music track anymore.
The tiles of the last move can now be highlighted (source and target) as well as captured pieces.
The move animation can be disabled allowing faster movement now.
The invite details will now show the set time limit for a move.
Historical Tawlbwrdd has been removed for now as it was (by accident) identical with Historical Hnefatafl. All existing matches will be merged soon.
The rules display of a running tournament will now show the correct rules depending on the tourney's variant and not the last watched match.
Matches without a set timeout won't show a timeout warning in the match browser anymore.

[ 2021-03-05 14:44:21 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

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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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