HIRp: The Viking Game of Royal Conflict

HIRÞ is a 2-player abstract strategy game were two leaders (Viking Kings) fight in an archipelago. The first to push the other players king of the board wins.

In HIRÞ you take the role of a Viking king, or Lofðungr. The back story is that two Lofðungr (Viking leaders) fight for control in an archipelago. The Lofðungr are on the battlefield themselves (of course) along with their closest warriors, called Hirþ, and their boats, called Karve. The land is represented by a board with 11 squares. Each turn you make 5 moves with your pieces. Available moves are: entering the board, entering or exiting a Karve (the boat) and moving between squares on the board. You are the winner of the game if you, at the end of your turn: control the 5 middle squares of the board OR if you have forced the opposing player’s Lofðungr off the board.