Tablut

Tablut is a traditional Scandinavian and Saami board game from the tafl family, the same family as Hnefatafl which was played by the Vikings over 1000 years ago. It was written down by Carl Linnaeus in 1732 and is the version of the game for which we have the most complete historical rules. A king and eight defenders face sixteen attackers on a 9x9 board.