Editing Tafl (section)

==Background==
To a few, it is simply known as Viking chess ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen interestingly, the Vikings had actual chess a long time before the majority of Europe did]). The idea is that white is the Jarl, his house is on fire, and a bunch of jerks are about to murder him and/or rape him.

Historians tell that this occurance is rather common in viking folklore, and is regarded as the usual rite of succession. Historians will also notice that no-one really documented how this board game was played back in the day, so most of the variations today are just educated guesses. Some even argue that dice were used.

There are also regional variants of the game: the Vikings spread it as far as Ukraine. In Scandinavia it was hnefatafl, in Wales it was Tawlbwrrd, and the English went all out with Alea Evangelii. They largely have the same rules due to the fact that they weren’t preserved really well and had to be rebuilt based off what remained. The main differences are in board size.

The white guys in the middle are the king and the king's guard; [[/pol/|The black gentlemen are the marauders.]]