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Originally Posted by Rumil
As Aiwendil says,
I'd guess that this refers to some 'chess-like' game. Indeed the Prof's beloved Anglo-Saxons, the Norse and Celtic nations all apparently played some variant of the 'Tafl' game.
Interesting wiki page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
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Great article! I see hobbits playing "escape the Nazgul" with this sort of game!