Hnefatafl, Tafl Brettspiel

Tafl or Hneftafl is an old Scandinavian board game for two players. The game simulates the viking raid  - four attacking viking drakkars against the king and his defenders. This game teaches young jarls to go for their goal and to sacrifice everything to its purpose, while knowing that unnecessary waste of lives of the defenders can be disastrous in the end.

Game Description:
size of gameboard:
cca 29 x 29 cm

material of gameboard:
- kůže, cca 4 mm silná
- hide, ca 4 mm thick

material of game stones:
- wood (spruce, ash tree)

processing:
- gameboard decorated by viking and/or celtic motives, the king stone is hand decorated with fire burning

game components:
- adequate number of game stones + king stone, a dice, leather pouch.