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Nov 2, 2024·How to play·08:17·0·Watch on YouTube

How to play Seven Ravens Board Game

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Watch “How to play Seven Ravens Board Game,” a how-to-play guide for Seven Ravens from rvcloud on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by rvcloud on YouTube:

A simple folk game played in our family with elements of play from a variety of cultures, Seven Ravens is an exciting game to play. After searching for the game in historical games and not finding it, we have decided to show the rules and gameplay here. Played on a 7 by 7 board (but easily played on an 8 by 8), each player has a total of 7 pieces, consisting of 6 pawns, and one that is Odin’s Raven (king), the different pieces moving differently. The objective of the game is to capture all of the opponent's pieces without losing your own. The game board should be set up each player setting up in a corner, with Odin’s Raven (the king) leading the flock. Black goes first. The Ravens move any number of vacant squares along a row or a column, like a rook in chess. Odin’s Ravens (the marked pieces) move using knight’s moves, and capture using chess rules as well as the other capture described below. All pieces are captured if they are sandwiched between two enemy pieces along a column or a row. The two enemy pieces should either be on the square above and below or on the square to the left and to the right of the attacked piece. A piece is only captured if the trap is closed by a move of the opponent, and it is, therefore, allowed to move in between two enemy pieces. A captured piece is removed from the board and is no longer active in the game. Odin’s Raven may take part in this type of capture, but may also capture using chess rules, where the piece may land on an opposing piece to capture. All pieces are able to be captured using either method. The game ends when either side captures all pieces, or if one player cannot move, the entire flock is considered captured and thus the other player wins. The board game can be purchased here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/753487821/seven-ravens-board-game Have you ever heard of Seven Ravens or played something similar? We want to know! We are still trying to track down this board game's origins, and any help is appreciated! Any questions, let us know!

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Seven Ravens

Seven Ravens

2020·Julia Cloud

2 players
15 - 40 min

About Seven Ravens, from BoardGameGeek:

A fairly simple abstract strategy game for two with a Nordic feel, which combines elements of hnefatafl and chess. Stated to be a traditional folk game with rules handed down in the family, when marketed online, but it appears not to have been previously recorded. Played on a square wooden board, divided into 7×7 undifferentiated squares (the game can also be played on an 8×8 chess board). One player takes 6 light / natural coloured discs, termed ravens, and sets them up in one corner of the board, one in the very corner, another in each of the adjacent squares, and the remaining three in the squares adjacent to those. The opponent takes six dark / stained discs, and similarly sets them up in the opposite corner. Each player's specially marked disc, termed Odin's Raven, is placed at the head of this flock. Players then take turns in moving one of their ravens, with the aim of winning the game by capturing all of the opposing ravens. Odin's raven moves like a knight in chess, and captures by landing on an opposing disc. Other ravens move like chess rooks, and capture by flanking an opposing disc, as in hnefatafl. Odin's raven may also participate in these flanking captures. There are several slight variants with differing movement / capturing rules.

Designer

Julia Cloud

Artist

Julia Cloud

Publisher

Cloud Home Craft

Categories

Abstract Strategy

Mechanics

Grid Movement
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Seven Ravens

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