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The referenced article says the grave contained a 'full set of gaming pieces'. What are 'gaming pieces'?

• lucozade 9y ago
  As I understand it, the speculation is that they are pieces from Hnefatafl which is a chess precursor.
  • diyseguy 9y ago
    neat!
    • aaron695 9y ago
      Pic's from the actual grave - http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=561857 http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=561857 Prettier ones - https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/viking-games-pieces https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/viking-game...
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  • microtherion 9y ago
    So we have an individual, showing no biological evidence of strenuous physical exertion, buried with a set of Viking arms and a set of game pieces. Occam's razor would suggest that we're looking at the grave of a high status Dungeon Master.
• defen 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
• deleted 9y ago
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