2 players
Tawlbwrdd
- Game family
- custodial
- Origin
- Wales
Overview
Tawlbwrdd is a game in the tafl family mentioned in Peniarth Manuscript 158, describing a portion of the game as played in Wales during the sixteenth century.
Source rules (English)
11x11 board. The king is placed in the centre of the board, with his defenders around him and the attackers at the edge of the board. The attackers move first. Pieces move orthogonally any number of spaces. A pieces is captured by surrounding it on two opposite sides, by an opponent's piece. It is possible to capture two or three pieces at once by so surrounding them. It is not possible to capture a row of pieces. The defending player wins the game by moving the king to any square on the edge of the board. The attacking player wins by capturing the king.