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Tablut Online — the King's Getaway in 80 Levels 6+

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Tablut is the old board game of the Sámi of Lapland, and it is not a fair fight: in the middle of the 9×9 board the king stands on his throne with eight defenders in a cross, and sixteen besiegers wait in fours along the four edges. The king wins by reaching any edge of the board; the besiegers win by closing a ring around him on all four sides.

Everything moves like a rook — any number of squares in a straight line, never jumping. You capture by pinching an enemy between two of your own along a line, and a piece that steps between two enemies by itself is safe. The 80 levels start with a single dash for the edge, then add capture, the shield wall, the fork that threatens two edges at once, and finally full endgames — including ten levels where the child plays the besiegers instead.

How to play

  1. Tap one of your own pieces — every square it can reach lights up along its lines.
  2. Tap a lit square to slide there; pieces never jump over one another.
  3. Trap an enemy between two of yours along a row or a column and it is struck down.
  4. As the king, reach any edge square. As the besiegers, close all four sides around the king.
  5. The header shows the goal in one short line; the lamp gives a hint and «retry» restarts the level.

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FAQ

How are pieces captured in tablut?
By pinching. Move so that an enemy piece stands between two of yours along a straight line, and it is taken. Stepping between two enemies on your own is safe — nothing happens to you.
How does the king win?
The king wins by reaching any square on the edge of the board. The besiegers win by surrounding him on all four sides. The throne square in the centre is for the king alone.
Is tablut the same as chess?
No. All the pieces move alike, as rooks do, and the two armies are not equal: a small group in the centre tries to break out while a larger one holds the ring. It is a game about escape and siege, not about a set of different pieces.
Does the child play only the escaping side?
Mostly, but not only: ten of the eighty levels are played for the besiegers, so the same rules have to be understood from both sides of the board.

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By Evgeny Arsentiev, PhD · Last updated: September 2026