Credits

Mǽrstánas was created by John Beers.

It was conceived in 2022 while working on [Oferhlýp](https://codeberg.org/jaerrib/oferhlyp. As a fan of Hnefatafl, I wanted to name my games using Anglo-Saxon words to lend a quasi-historical feel to them. Both Mǽrstánas and Oferhlýp utilize the same 7x7 grid because, if they were historical, it might make sense for people to reuse an existing board, much like chess and checkers.

Special thanks to my cousins, Caleb, Jerome, and Jesse, for play testing and coming up with the Advanced Mǽrstánas rule.