...Introducing the Runic Hnefatafl Board Game! This is an old Viking game similar to Chess. It's an 11x11 Board grid. It has a burned grid pattern featuring Odin's Cross & triskelion. The board is made of white pine that has been fire torched The defenders are made of walnut that has been torched. The king is made of walnut wood that has been shaped into a worn Odin. The Attackers are engraved with runes for your casting purposes the pieces are made of Fir wood that has all been fir torched. The runes are the 24 Elder Futhark Runes.
This is designed to look old and worn so each one will be a little different.
What an exciting project to work on! Bringing special things back from the past gives almost a glimpse into what the old world would have been like.
The Futhark Rune System which the 3 best known are the Younger, Elder, and the Anglo-Saxon, along with a small mixture of other regions and cultures. They are most commonly used for divination. Helping open the inner intuition to help guide yourself along life's path. You will find that with the use of these runes, we are able to naturally divine our own fates by these reminders to be more aware important aspects in our view.
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