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The opponent the hall seats is a housecarl, from the Old Norse húskarl

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jm2auWk6RP71CjaAb4FMoG
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Eric Wagoner
2026-09-23 17:19:06 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5.1
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commit c553902d8a
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src/app.html
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<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark" />
<meta name="theme-color" content="#121a20" />
<title>Hnefatafl</title>
<meta name="description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play the bot or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<meta name="description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play a housecarl or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<link rel="canonical" href="https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social/" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Hnefatafl" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Hnefatafl" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play the bot or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<meta property="og:description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play a housecarl or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social/" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social/og.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Hnefatafl" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play the bot or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Hnefatafl, the Viking board game, free in the browser: play a housecarl or a friend, by Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's Tablut." />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social/og.png" />
%sveltekit.head%
</head>
src/lib/components/Hall.svelte
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const g = games[held.roomId];
if (g === undefined) return 'looking';
if (g === null) return 'unreachable';
const others = g.seats.filter((s) => s.id !== held.seat).map((s) => (s.bot ? `${s.name} (the bot)` : s.name));
const others = g.seats.filter((s) => s.id !== held.seat).map((s) => (s.bot ? `${s.name} (a housecarl)` : s.name));
if (!g.state) return `waiting to start${g.seats.length ? ` · ${g.seats.map((s) => s.name).join(', ')}` : ''}`;
if (g.over) {
if (g.over.winner === held.seat) return 'you won';
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<div class="lid-head">
<h1>Hnefatafl</h1>
<p class="pitch">The Viking board game. One king, one throne, four corners, and a ring of attackers closing in.</p>
<p class="tag">Hnefatafl was played across the Norse world for a thousand years before chess. Every piece moves like a rook and is taken by being sandwiched; the attackers must capture the king, the king must reach a corner. Play the bot, or open a table for a friend and play by turns. Copenhagen rules on the big board, or Tablut, the older game Linnaeus wrote down in 1732.</p>
<p class="tag">Hnefatafl was played across the Norse world for a thousand years before chess. Every piece moves like a rook and is taken by being sandwiched; the attackers must capture the king, the king must reach a corner. Play a housecarl, or open a table for a friend and play by turns. Copenhagen rules on the big board, or Tablut, the older game Linnaeus wrote down in 1732.</p>
<p class="links"><a href="/guide">how to play</a> · <a href="/rules">the rules</a> · <a class="about-link" href="#about" onclick={() => (aboutOpen = true)}>about this game — a labor of love</a></p>
</div>
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{/each}
</div>
{/if}
<button type="button" class="commit primary" disabled={!ready || busy} onclick={() => open(() => Room.createWithBot(name.trim(), options))}>Play now against the bot</button>
<button type="button" class="commit primary" disabled={!ready || busy} onclick={() => open(() => Room.createWithBot(name.trim(), options))}>Play now against a housecarl</button>
<div class="ways">
<button type="button" class="quiet" disabled={!ready || busy} onclick={() => open(() => Room.create(name.trim(), game.seatIds.length, options))}>Open a table</button>
<form class="joinform" onsubmit={join}>
src/lib/components/Lobby.svelte
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{#each v.seats as s (s.id)}
<li>
<span class="seat-name">{s.name}</span>
<span class="muted">{s.id === v.host ? 'opened the table' : s.bot ? 'the bot' : 'seated'}{s.id === v.me ? ', you' : ''}{#if s.bot && room.isHost}
<button type="button" class="unseat" title="Send this bot away" aria-label="Send {s.name} away" onclick={() => room.unseat(s.id)}>×</button>{/if}</span>
<span class="muted">{s.id === v.host ? 'opened the table' : s.bot ? 'a housecarl' : 'seated'}{s.id === v.me ? ', you' : ''}{#if s.bot && room.isHost}
<button type="button" class="unseat" title="Send this housecarl away" aria-label="Send {s.name} away" onclick={() => room.unseat(s.id)}>×</button>{/if}</span>
</li>
{/each}
{#each v.expected as name (name)}
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{#if !room.spectating}
<div class="ways">
{#if seatFree && room.isHost}
<button type="button" class="quiet" onclick={() => room.addBot()}>Seat a bot</button>
<button type="button" class="quiet" onclick={() => room.addBot()}>Seat a housecarl</button>
{/if}
{#if room.isHost}
<button type="button" class="commit small" disabled={v.seats.length < 2} onclick={() => room.begin()}>Begin</button>
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<p class="muted small">{v.keeper} keeps this site and answers every call, sometimes within the minute, sometimes after a night's sleep.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} where {v.keeper} lives.{/if} The seat is held either way.</p>
</div>
{:else if v.challenge}
<p class="muted small">{v.keeper} has been called to the table by {room.nameOf(v.challenge.by)}.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} there.{/if} A seat is held: if they can come now they will take it; if they are asleep or away they will leave a word below when they can. Meanwhile the table is yours: seat a bot, invite a friend, or open another game in a new tab and play on. This table keeps its place in your hall until you come back.</p>
<p class="muted small">{v.keeper} has been called to the table by {room.nameOf(v.challenge.by)}.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} there.{/if} A seat is held: if they can come now they will take it; if they are asleep or away they will leave a word below when they can. Meanwhile the table is yours: seat a housecarl, invite a friend, or open another game in a new tab and play on. This table keeps its place in your hall until you come back.</p>
{/if}
{/if}
{#if room.error}<p class="warning">{room.error}</p>{/if}
src/lib/net/room.svelte.ts
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}
addBot(): Promise<boolean> {
return this.act(() => api.addBot(this.roomId, this.token), 'The bot could not be seated.');
return this.act(() => api.addBot(this.roomId, this.token), 'The housecarl could not be seated.');
}
/** Send a bot away before the game begins; only the host may. */
unseat(seat: SeatId): Promise<boolean> {
return this.act(() => api.unseat(this.roomId, this.token, seat), 'The bot could not be sent away.');
return this.act(() => api.unseat(this.roomId, this.token, seat), 'The housecarl could not be sent away.');
}
say(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
src/routes/guide/+page.svelte
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<h2>The hall</h2>
<p>
Give your name and choose the rules: <em>Copenhagen</em>, the balanced modern game on the big board, or <em>Tablut</em>, the smaller and older one. Choose which side you play.
<em>Play now against the bot</em> seats a bot opposite you and begins. <em>Open a table</em> gives you a four-letter code and a link for a friend. The tables this browser
<em>Play now against a housecarl</em> seats a housecarl opposite you and begins. <em>Open a table</em> gives you a four-letter code and a link for a friend. The tables this browser
holds a seat at are listed below, with whose move it is.
</p>
</section>
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<section id="table">
<h2>The table</h2>
<p>
Whoever opened the table is its host, and begins the game once a second player has sat or a bot has been seated. A friend who opens the link takes the other seat. The
Whoever opened the table is its host, and begins the game once a second player has sat or a housecarl has been seated. A friend who opens the link takes the other seat. The
masthead's <em>Transfer seat</em> gives four words that bring your seat to another device, and when a game is over anyone at the table may call for a rematch.
</p>
</section>