Very interesting ... since I'm part Welsh, I was interested in the history of that country and found that a similar game called Gwyddbwyll was adopted from the

Very interesting ... since I'm part Welsh, I was interested in the history of that country and found that a similar game called Gwyddbwyll was adopted from the Viking game of Hnefatafl (Tafl can be used to describe a whole series of "table games"). It's interesting to note that the second link below describes these games as being overtaken by Chess (which the vikings called Skak-Tafl). [1] http://celtnet.org.uk/miscellaneous/gwyddbwyll.html http://celtnet.org.uk/miscellaneous/gwyddbwyll.html [2] http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Hnef.html http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Hnef.html