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Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.
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Review score: 88% on 2026-11-01 → 88% today (59 reviews)
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* Fixed an issue where boardpieces could be untextured when loading a saved game * Fixed an issue with music audio dropping out ** If you have a technical issue with music audio dropping out, please tell us at our Steam forum or at our Discord. Thanks!
Viking Chess: Hnefatafl releases out of Early Access this evening at approximately 19:00 CET! Please join us this evening for online games. We are gathering a little crew of friends and developers to drink a few horns of mead and play the game with you! We wan…
Hello Early Access players! Patch notes: - Added "Restart Game" button to Ingame menu in Singleplayer & Local Hotseat Multiplayer. - Added "Concede Game" button to Ingame menu in Multiplayer(online). You can now concede a game, meaning that you admit defeat to…
Hello Early Access players! Here's a new content update with a host of new unlockable titles available for you to win, and some fixes and improvements! Viking Chess: Hnefatafl releases out of Early Access soon! Tell your friends. ** Note ** - Your progression …
Hello Early Access players! Patch Notes: - Resolved an issue where an actor could be captured incorrectly. - The defeated players' pieces now "die" when a Win Condition is triggered. - Achievement unlocked message in game UI when you unlock an unlockable or wi…
Hello Early Access players! We start the new year by resolving some important issues and bugs. Thank you to community members that sent descriptive bug and issue reports on our Steam forum! If you have an issue with the game or believe you've found a bug, plea…
Starting today, we at Rain Games will celebrate ten years as a company! In those years, we have made several games that you fans have made a hit! To celebrate this, we will have a week with an all-out sale on our games on Steam! Enjoy Viking Chess:Hnefatafl wi…
Dear players, I've been quite busy the last few months. Reason is, i've been building a Kickstarter campaign for a new videogame, "Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne". For "Viking Chess: Hnefatafl", i've been working behind the scenes with upgrading …
From today 10 AM Pacific Time until 18th April you can grab a copy of Viking Chess: Hnefatafl for 25% off on Steam! Play this two player board-game on your PC or Mac with your family or friends over the Easter holidays with local multiplayer, or online play. Y…
Hello everyone! So, just like Andy Williams sings; "It's the most wonderful time of the year", and on that note I thought it would be fun to give you all a little look behind the scenes of the development of Viking Chess: Hnefatafl. Viking Chess has been in Ea…
We are excited to finally launch in Early Access, and to see the community react to and play our game! In our "Early Access Description" we stated that AI was expected to be a bit weak at Launch, but.... we have managed to develop an AI in time for launch that…