Editing Tafl games (section)

===Ard Rí===
[[File:Ard-Ri board.svg|thumb|140x140px|Ard Rí board]]
Ard Rí (Gaelic for 'High King') was a Scottish tafl variant played on a 7×7 board with a king and eight defenders against sixteen attackers. This is the least documented of the known tafl variants.<ref>While there is a dearth of information in the published sources, ''Ard Ri'' is briefly described and illustrated in four web articles:<br />1. {{cite web|url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~leif/games/Hnefetafl/ardri.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317021144/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~leif/games/Hnefetafl/ardri.html |archive-date=17 March 2008 |author=Leif Bennett |title=Ard-Ri}}<br />2. {{cite web|author-first=Colyne |author-last=Stewart |title=The Tafl Family of Games: Rules and a Brief History, With an Emphasis on Tablut |url=http://www.pipcom.com/~colyne/Article/SCA_game_tafl.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121205304/http://www.pipcom.com/~colyne/Article/SCA_game_tafl.htm |archive-date=21 November 2008}}<br />3. {{cite web|url=http://homepages.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/hnefatafl.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516122633/http://homepages.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/hnefatafl.htm |archive-date=16 May 2008 |author-first=Damian |author-last=Walker |title=Other board layouts |work=Hnefatafl}}<br />4. {{cite web|author-first=Eric |author-last=Woroshow |title=High King |url=http://www.gamegardens.com/gardens/view_game.wm?gameid=68 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713155936/http://www.gamegardens.com/gardens/view_game.wm?gameid=68 |archive-date=13 July 2009}}</ref> One of the generally accepted rules,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play the Viking board game Hnefatafl online {{!}} Viking Chess {{!}} Tablut {{!}} Nefatavl {{!}} Kings table |url=http://aagenielsen.dk/hnefatafl_online.php |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=aagenielsen.dk}}</ref> the king escaping to any edge square and not just to any corner square, gives the defending side an insurmountable advantage. This advantage is so strong that the game is [[Solved game|solved]], with the king always able to escape and thus the defender will always win.