According to Murray Tafl was played in Scandinavia even more 400AD. After a while the game spread to Iceland and Britain. Murray also noted that it "was the only board game played by the saxons".
The game itself is played on a square board of 11x11. The defending players pieces are played symmetrically in the centre of the board around a larger piece known as the "King". Its note worthy that the defending players pieces are outnumbered by 2:1 by the attacking player.
The object of Tafl is for the defending player who plays as white to move their king to either the edge of the board or to one of the corner squares. The attacking player who plays as black has to surround the opposing players king and prevent him for reaching a corner square.
The pieces move similar to the rook in a game of chess. A piece can be taken by being sandwiched between two of the opposing players pieces. The only exception is the "King" who has to be surrounded on all four sides to be captured by the opposing player.
This is a interesting skill based war game which i found fun to play.
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