The box is made of dressed hoop pine with pyroetched designs, red felt lining and brass hinge and lock. The playing piece were cut from a 19mm (3/4") dowel of Tasmanian pine; king and invading pieces were stained, king's guards were left with natural timber colour.
Just a quick weekend project that I managed to finish this morning. This is a hnefatafl game box. Hnefatafl (pronounced nefatafel) is a Viking board game that is over 1200 years old and pre-dates chess and checkers. One team plays as the king's army and attempts to safely get the king from its throne (at the centre) to one of the burgs (on the four corners). The other player acts as the invading army and tries to capture the king by surrounding it and blocking it. The pieces move like rooks in chess (any number of unblocked rows or columns, no diagonals allowed). It's a fun game that puts ones strategic skills to the test without being overwhelming and cerebral like chess is. Let's just say that our last camping trip got a bit long in the tooth after three days of constant rain, and there is just so much "card playing" I can take before doing a "Lady Gaga poker face!" I'm more of a board game aficionado... I blame this on my days of Dungeons and Dragons. The box is made of dressed hoop pine with pyroetched designs, red felt lining and brass hinge and lock. The playing piece were cut from a 19mm (3/4") dowel of Tasmanian pine; king and invading pieces were stained, king's guards were left with natural timber colour.
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LOL! :) I pronounced it badly for years (Henne-fat-afel)
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