Hnefatafl

Seen in the museum gift shop. It’s called Hnefatafl, and it is not Thud (sorry, Sir Pterry!) but one of a family of 100% no-fooling completely real Nordic and Celtic games played on a board with armies of uneven size, and probably date back to Roman times.

   15 May 2019
   Reykjavík
   
chess-like board game