Hnefatafl game piece found on Lindisfarne

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology

Should I have put ths under History or Gaming? 

[Jim Webster]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology

Should I have put ths under History or Gaming? 

Out of interest I googled the game, and the wiki has already been updated to cover the discovery of this gaming piece 

[Erpingham]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology

Should I have put ths under History or Gaming? 

Out of interest I googled the game, and the wiki has already been updated to cover the discovery of this gaming piece 

It's much easier in wiki to link to a news item than fill in the gaps in the article through reference to reliable sources, so some editors seem to race to be the first to record stuff.  The Guardian is useful for this because it is not paywalled.

[RichT]

Out of interest I googled the game, and the wiki has already been updated to cover the discovery of this gaming piece 

Yes I was impressed by that!

I used to play Hnefatafl, or rather Tablut (slightly smaller variant) a bit back in the day, it's a decent game. Simple online implementation of it here:
http://www.lutanho.net/play/hnefatafl.html

[aligern]

Oh its a game.  I thought it was one of the houses in Harry Potter .
Roy