I actually first heard about Linnaeus when reading up on the Tafl family of board games[0]. These are a number of related board games that were played primarily

I actually first heard about Linnaeus when reading up on the Tafl family of board games[0]. These are a number of related board games that were played primarily in Viking and Celtic societies. The games pre-date chess and were ultimately replaced by it as the board game of choice in those societies. Very little is known about the actual rules observed by players at the time. The most complete account we have is a journal written by Linnaeus in 1732, when he observed a variant being played by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games