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Hnefatafl
Hnefatafl is an ancient Scandinavian board game whose variants were played all over medieval Europe before chess was even invented. In those so called Tafl games two different sized armies fight each other. The invading black army tries to capture the white king, while the defending white army tries to protect their king and help him escape. Often also called the Game of the Vikings Hnefatafl tells many stories, like the Moskowites invasion of Sweden or the Viking hordes pillaging Britain. But no matter what the story is one thing always stays the same: The hunt for the king. Even though
The ancient boardgame of the Vikings. Thousands of variants, offline and online cross-platform play with leaderboards and tournaments. Are you ready for the challenge? Prepared to earn your way to Valhalla?
About Hnefatafl
- Released
- March 2016
- Developer
- Philippe Schober
- Engine
- Unity 2019
- Platforms
- Linux · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS
Where to get it
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Browse everything
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From the developers
Official announcements, newest first. Posted on Steam.
- Community AnnouncementsQuick FixThis quick fix shall solve the certificate error.
- Community AnnouncementsRelease 3.91Added the option to retry a failed login attempt. Long Clicking (or right clicking) an offline match in the main menu will now offer the option to rename matches. Added the option to always display the remaining time in an online match that has a timeout set. This was previously only available for quick matches. Updated the translations. When searching for opponents for new online matches the i...
- Community AnnouncementsRelease 3.90Added a new layout for 9x9 custom variants. Improved stability and error feedback. Updated the translations.
- Community AnnouncementsRelease 3.89Added the first version of the Hungarian translation. Improved support for the Steam Deck. Updated third party libraries to improve stability and support for newer hardware. The tournament list will now be limited to display ten tournamets at a time with the option to load more. This should prevent any problems once there are even more tournaments. When creating a new match the variant selectio...
- Community AnnouncementsRelease 3.88This patch improves the stability of the game and should prevent further incidents where online matches get corrupted.
- Community AnnouncementsRelease 3.86Today we only have a few small fixes: Improved the cordon detection in case the black piece stands directly next to a hostile corner tile. Added the "no moves left" rule to the ingame rules summary. Fixed the default color of the timeout display in the match browser to increase the readability.
- Mods indexed
- 17
- Versions
- 0
- Newest tracked
- none yet
- Most disruptive update
- No breakage data for this game
Most downloaded
Measured from the source's own counts, summed across every release.
- Historical BoardsThis set includes the replicas of historical boards: Ballinderry (7x7), Linnaeus Diary (9x9), Trondheim and Ockelbo (11x11), Gokstad (13x13), Coppergate (15x15), Alea Evangelii Manuscript (19x19). Try it with the Bone Pieces, also available here!144 downloads
- Wooden Board HD2048px version of wooden board supporting all boards supported by this Hnfatafl Game.80 downloads
- Bone PiecesThis set features the Woodperry King, and the other pieces are inspired by the ones found at Birka and Bardursheimur.54 downloads
- DriftwoodThis board is made from old driftwood found at the shores of Denmark and was crafted by Uhtred the Drunkard after a long and fierce battle.52 downloads
- Birka Glass PiecesThis set is directly inspired by the historical glass pieces found at Birka, in the graves 750 and 523. Try this pieces on the Marble Board set, also available here.49 downloads
- AI HeadsA loreable set of pieces.44 downloads
- Stylized PiecesTafl pieces drawn in a simplified, straightforward and very clear style43 downloads
- Classic Wooden BoardClassic simple-looking wooden boards, with pyrographed lines and painted tiles.41 downloads
- Classic Wooden PiecesThis set of wooden pieces has been expressly designed to be used on the Classic Wooden Board set, also availabe here.38 downloads
- Sutton Hoo PiecesThese pieces are designed in a somewhat comical style and are modelled after 7th - 8th century Anglo-Saxon fashion. The king wears the famous Sutton Hoo helmet.33 downloads
- Concrete Board HD2048px concrete board supporting all boards supported by this Hnefatafl Game.32 downloads
- Marble BoardsThese boards are made of grey and red marble and they are best suited for the Birka Glass Pieces, also available here.30 downloads
- Wooden BoardSimple wooden board supporting all boards supported by this Hnfatafl Game.29 downloads
- 3D Tafl PiecesTafl pieces made with Tinkercad 3D software and some Photoshop editing28 downloads
- Simple boards (dark)A set of very simple boards (dark theme).26 downloads
- Simple piecesA set of very simple pieces.25 downloads
- Simple boards (light)A set of very simple boards (light theme).16 downloads
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Why Hnefatafl mods break
A mod is compiled against one version of a game. When the game updates, anything that reached into the parts that moved stops working, and it usually stops working silently rather than with a message that explains itself.
That is what the table above counts. It is not a guess: each row is a mod the community has reported as broken by that specific release. The number is a fair measure of how disruptive an update was, and it is the reason people delay updating a game they have modded heavily.
Common questions
Does IndexGG host Hnefatafl mods?
No, and it never will. Every download link points at the author's own page on Nexus, GitHub, CurseForge or wherever they published it. We index the ecosystem; the files stay with the people who made them.
Where does the compatibility data come from?
From the communities that maintain it in the open, not from guesswork. Each claim carries how it is known, so a reported breakage is never presented as though the author said it.
Why is a mod listed as broken when it works for me?
Compatibility depends on your exact game version and the rest of your load order. A mod marked as broken in one release may work fine on an older one, which is exactly why the version is recorded next to the claim rather than a bare yes or no.