Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.
Hello Early Access players!
Here's a new content update with a host of new unlockable titles available for you to win, and some fixes and improvements!
Viking Chess: Hnefatafl releases out of Early Access soon! Tell your friends.
[b]** Note ** [/b]
- Your progression and unlocks will be wiped when the game leaves Early Access, but we'll give Early Access players an extra treat with an unique unlockable title that only players in Early Access will recieve -
[b]New unlockable titles:[/b]
Note! Unlockable titles are not available to be unlocked in the Tutorial or in a local hotseat multiplayer game.
- "Raider": Win a game as the Attackers
- "Shield": Win a game as the Defenders
- "Bulwark": As the Defenders, win a game by constructing an Edge Fort
- "Kingslayer": As the Attackers, capture the King!
- "Invader": As the Attackers, end your turn with 4 Attackers around the Throne
- "Blood Axe": As the Attackers, capture all Defenders including the King
- "Suffocator": Play a Shieldwall attack
- "Jotun": Play a Multicapture attack
[b]Fixes and improvements:[/b]
- For Multiplayer games that uses a round timer, the timer is now synced correctly over network.
- Added UI message ingame when an unlockable is unlocked.
- Moving the camera with middle mouse button is now smoother and better.
- Added a new input system. Next patch will include full gamepad support!
- Alot of general internal code optimization, for faster and easier development.
Upcoming features:
- A final AI update in Early Access
- Gamepad support
- Some more unlockable titles
- An exciting new feature. I hear the warcries of the Valkyries in the distance..
All the best!
- Kenny G