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I'd like to start this Instuctable by explaining my motivation for making this game board. A few months ago I saw an I'ble about how to make a very interesting chess board. Since I have a brother who is WAY into chess and other strategy games, I thought I'd try to tackle the task of making a nice board for him. Download Free Game Empire 250 Games Cd For Sale more. But before I started the project, I realized he already had a nice hand-carved chess board given to him many years ago. Nevertheless, I enjoy woodworking in my spare time so I decided to find another project that involved a game board. Once I found, I knew I had to build it.

Now if you've never heard of the ancient Viking game 'Hnefatafl' then you've been missing out. It's a strategy game that actually predates chess. That's probably why it has so many fewer rules. Although there are so few rules, I'll save some time and just link to them.

Since pine is a light wood, I wanted to go with a darker wood. I chose to use red oak because mahogany or ebony are not as readily accessible in my area. I did find some 1/4' x 2' strips that I CAREFULLY cut down into 1/8' strips to fill these grooves (my table saw blade is about 1/8' thick which is what I used to cut the grooves). A safer way to do this would be to use a hobby saw like one. If I had to do it again, I would certainly buy one of these. Once you've got enough cut for one direction, dry-fit them in place to insure that they'll fit before you glue them.

Then run a bead of wood glue into each groove followed by the strips you've made. Now I made my strips higher than the grooves with the intention of planing/sanding them down flat later. After pressing your strips firmly into the grooves, wipe the excess glue from the board with a clean rag. I then sanded down the oak strips so that they were level with the pine board.