It is a strange feeling to look at a strategy board game table which Vikings and other Northern European people actually played for centuries starting around 400 AD. A game of war where the sides are not even equal! The center king’s objective was to escape to the board’s periphery or corners, while the greater force’s objective was to capture him. There is no luck in the game, only strategy. The game rules are mostly known due to medieval sagas and adapted to modern world with addition a few rules to balance both sides. There are many variants of this ancient game.

I have found a handmade stone Hnefatafl (King’s table) board at Etsy.

Read more at Wikipedia about Hnefatafl

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Actually, I don’t write much about retro gadgets but this time wanted to make an exception solely to introduce you a great gadget and science blog which brings us the 1900s to 1980s.

The blog content is great and mostly was taken from the old journals like Popular Mechanics, Modern Mechanics etc. It is all about vintage technology and sometimes really strange gadgets.

Click here to visit Modern Mechanix blog.

If you are into old fashioned looks, but with great new built in technology, this is a MP3 Player worth having and showing off. Its unique retro style will have all the eyes on it.

There’s no internal memory but it features a built-in SD card slot, so the storage space depends on you. Recharge by USB cable.

You guessed it ! It is from China.