King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok (DOS)

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Description

A version of an old Norse board game called King's Table. The game has black and white teams, like chess, but each team has different pieces and a different raison d'etre.

The white team has a total of 13 pieces, the most important one being Odin the King, who starts in the centre of the 10x10 board and moves in the same way as a chess King, whereas black has 20 pawns and four other pieces. White wins if Odin can reach one of the corner squares; black wins if it surrounds Odin on all 4 sides. The pawns actually move the same way as chess queens, but pieces are captured by surrounding them on 2 sides (although some special pieces must be surrounded on 3 sides). The specials are chosen from the selection at the start of the game, and have a variety of abilities, some 'borrowed' from chess.

The presentation of this interpretation is similar to Battle Chess, with bold 3D graphics and lots of animation.

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Alternate Titles

• "The Legend of Ragnarok" -- German title

Part of the Following Group

• Mythology: Norse / Germanic

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Critic Reviews

Svenska Hemdatornytt	May, 1994		83
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Jul, 1994	9 out of 12	75
PC Joker	Jan, 1993	70 out of 100	70
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	1993	68 out of 100	68
Power Play	Sep, 1992	68 out of 100	68
WIZ	Jul, 1994		60
PC Zone	Apr, 1993	60 out of 100	60
Score	May, 1994	55 out of 100	55
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1993	37 out of 100	37

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Trivia

Atari ST version

An Atari ST version was also prepared by Imagitec, with Kevin McIntosh as coder, but was apparently never released on the shrinking ST market.