Haven Game Design Case: Hnefatafl

Teodric Abstract: This is the design document for a game design case in the Haven project . The case is for an implementation of the board game Hnefatafl.

Availability: Public

Contents

Design Case D: Hnefatafl

Client Functionality

Technical Client Characteristics

Graphical Designs

Audio

Packaging

Game Rules

Tournament Play, Ranking

Online and Offline Behaviour

Matching Service

Other Documents

This document is one of a suite of documents written to describe the Haven project at various levels. The documents are, in order of complexity and level of specification,

Haven Concept
Haven Concept Case: Hnefatafl
Haven Treatment
Haven Treatment Case: Hnefatafl
Haven Design
Haven Game Design Cases
Haven Design Case: Hnefatafl (this document)

Links

Links to web pages with information related to historic Tafl games:

Hnefatafl experimental reconstruction including lots of historical and archological material and sources
the Tafl family of games
Historicgames.com
German Hnefatafl page
Hala-tafl @ vikingage.com , Hnefatafl @ vikingage.com
Tafl
Tafl games for sale

Games related to Tafl, mainly Fox and Geese and Nine men's Morris:

Fox and Geese for sale, Fox and Geese rules ,Nine men's Morris rules

Copyright Notes, Author Credits and Additional Information

This text was written in its entirety by Olof Ekström. For more information about the author of this page, see Olof Ekström's personal information in the Project Profiles document.

Copyright © 2001 Olof Ekström/Extro System. All rights reserved.

Bälinge/Uppsala, Sweden, July-September 2001