As seen on the board Viggo left Hiccup, the Marauder chief and the Viking chief are the leaders of their respective parties and probably the most important pieces as well. Taking out Dagur’s viking king made Viggo the winner, in resemblance of taking out the king on a chess board. If there was only one mace in the game, it would have been THE mace to Dagur’s Viking king ’s head.ĭagur has the figure of the Viking king, which I believe is the same as the Viking chief. This mace could very well be the miniature mace he used to knock over a figure during his introduction, making that mace one of multiple. The word “hunters” used to address their pieces could both be the official name of the figures, or the name given to them because they are played by dragon hunters.Īt the end of their game one of Viggo’s hunters /pawns holds a mace to Dagur’s Viking king’s head. There are also eight hunters, addressed with possessives as well, making the total sixteen, just like pawns in a chess game. I would expect something a little more impressive from a piece called the kingship. Any of these four could be the ship seen on Viggo’s board, but my money is on the longship. They speak of “my longship” and “your kingship”, implying that both players own one of each of these ships. Next we get a scene where Viggo and Dagur play the game using real life people as pieces. It’s other known name and role as the traitor could very well mean that there is only one of these in the game, flip-flopping from the Vikings’ side to the Marauders’ and back. The impostor is also spoken of as singular. The chief of the Marauders does not hold anything in his hand. Another difference is the sword in the right hand of the impostor. Its shield appears to be more ornate amd the sides of its mouth point downwards. The imposto r (as seen on the right below) also carries a shield, but lacks the belt that both figures on the left have. Both pieces carry a shield in their left hands and both have a helmet with a shorter horn on one side.
It is probably the chief of the Marauders. Both the impostor and the spy die most of the time, but are still pretty important pieces to a player.įishlegs comments that “the game was designed to test the abilities and decision making expertise of future chiefs in the heat of battle”, telling us that it is a game stimulating a war where the player is the leader of their force, not unlike popular real-life games such as chess and Risk.īy now we can also identify the figure from Viggo’s board that was seen from the back.
Players use it a lot and as a result it dies so often it ends up dead during most of the played games. It also suggests that the traitor is a much anticipated piece. (The spy can take out the highest ranking piece of Stratego if he attacks first, but dies by the hand of any other piece). Hiccup stated that the traitor always dies in the end, which bears some resemblance to the role of the spy in Stratego. Viggo later confirms that the piece is named the impostor, but also goes by the name of the traitor, possibly because of its role in the game. In the middle stands the impostor, or the traitor as Hiccup calls it. Both pieces carry the same title, namely the title of chief, and are clearly of opposing teams. The two chiefs start sound like the black and white kings on a chess board. On the right stood the chief of the Marauders, the leading piece of the other party.
Hiccup pointed at the left one and said it was supposed to represent him, the Viking chief. In the next episode Viggo leaves Hiccup a maces and talons board with three pieces. And lastly Viggo holds a spare miniature mace. The figure seen from the back looks like he is holding a shield in his hand. On the right there is a figure facing the camera, holding a sword in his hands, I’ll call it the swordsman for now. Next we get a close up of the board, left we see a dragon, in the middle stands the Viking chief and just behind it lies a longship. I’ll just call the piece the Viking chief, as honorable is not used as an important part of the piece’s portrayal. He shows us the first piece, the Viking chief which he speaks of as “honorable” although he could have also been talking about the player being honorable in his or her strategy. Its first appearance was during Viggo’s introduction, in which he held a dramatic little speech about how he came to love the game. Viggo uses it as a metaphor (despite him disliking metaphors) for his battle with Hiccup. So without further ado, a very long post about all its appearances and possible pieces. I could not stop wondering how this game works, how many pieces it has, how it is supposed to be played and if it is related to chess in any way.
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