Tablut

I played the game called Tablut which is a kind of tafl game. It is a bit like chess, turn based, two players and you have to capture the King, however the other side has to get their King too escape. there are many different versions and rule sets for this game this is due to no one actually knowing what the original rules were.

I did enjoy this game, I liked the tactical thinking it required to beat your opponent and when you switch sides and have a go at defending or attacking the king it gives it a fresh feel so its not really repetitive.
The version I played was on a 9x9 board with 8 defending pieces plus a King piece and the other team has 16 pieces. At first this sounds a bit unbalanced but due to the starting positions and the over all winning conditions the game is fairly balanced the only thing is there is a game breaking bug in this game. within 8 moves the attacking side can completely block off the kings path to escape and it cannot be stopped.