Tablut variants
Other ways to play Tablut, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
Copenhagen Hnefatafl
The modern tournament rules for hnefatafl on the 11×11 board: shieldwall captures, an exit fort for the king, a king safe on the edge and no draws.
Brandubh
The Irish tafl game on a 7×7 board: a king and four defenders against eight attackers, in short and tactical games.
Hnefatafl 11×11
The Viking board game on an 11×11 board, with 24 attackers against the king and 12 defenders, played by the same rules as Tablut here.
Hnefatafl 13×13
Tafl on a 13×13 board with 32 attackers against the king and 16 defenders, a board size known from the Viking Age.
Alea Evangelii
The Game of the Gospels: the largest tafl game, on a 19×19 board with 48 attackers against the king and 24 defenders, from a medieval manuscript.
Edge escape
The king wins by reaching any square on the board edge, not only a corner, as in the modern translations of Linnaeus's account of tablut.
King captured by two
Away from the throne the king is captured like any other piece, between two attackers, as in the modern translations of Linnaeus's tablut.
Weaponless king
The king takes no part in captures: he can neither capture by moving nor serve as the far side of a defender's capture.