@Background Pony #98A7
Between the return of the Pillars of Equestria and of the Crystal Ponies (along with Celestia and Luna, they are living links to a long-gone era), it’s probably being repopularized in Equestria.
BTW, I was inspired to make the following after finding a set at Barnes and Noble:
From Wikipedia:
“Tafl games are a family of ancient Nordic and Celtic strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed gameboard with two armies of uneven numbers. … Tafl gaming was eventually supplanted by chess in the 12th Century, but the tafl variant of the Sami people, tablut, was in play until at least the 1700s.”
Between the return of the Pillars of Equestria and of the Crystal Ponies (along with Celestia and Luna, they are living links to a long-gone era), it’s probably being repopularized in Equestria.
BTW, I was inspired to make the following after finding a set at Barnes and Noble:
your current filter.Thank you kindly.
Yes. The real name is hnefatafl.
From Wikipedia:
“Tafl games are a family of ancient Nordic and Celtic strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed gameboard with two armies of uneven numbers. … Tafl gaming was eventually supplanted by chess in the 12th Century, but the tafl variant of the Sami people, tablut, was in play until at least the 1700s.”