People have repeatedly changed the squares in chess to hexagons, as this changes the moves of the pieces in interesting ways. Guess it's no surprise that someone has also done this with hnefatafl! Say hello to heXentafl, designed and marketed by NXSgame.com.
The board is made of a tough sort of plastic, featuring hexagonal 'squares'.
The pieces are 3D-printed; a king plus three defenders pitted against six attackers. Note that the game retains the 'n + 1 vs 2n' ratio of pieces.
Even though the moves of the pieces are still like those of a rook in chess, i.e. in straight lines, due to the hexagons, each piece now has three directions of movement rather than two ...
