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Kings table
This game, also known as The Viking Game, was populair in Scandinavia among the Viking as early as AD400 and was spread in the lands they conquered.
By studying boards and manuscripts , the rules of the game are discovered. However, there is no doubt there are many different versions of this game, since it was widespread all the way from Ireland to Ukraine. In the 11th century the game became less populaire as the popularity of chess started to grow.














