Grensholm is played on a 4 x 6 board. Both players have six pieces
that move and capture like knights in chess. However the pieces move
and capture only towards the enemy end of the board.
Captures are mandatory.
The goal is to reach the enemy end of the board to be promoted and then to
reach the home end with the promoted piece.
Grensholm is the home of Magnus Stensson Gren (lived 1425-1472), the famous
and infamous warlord and Kings councilman turned into a pirate. Grensholm is
located on the Northern shore of lake Roxen, 15 miles East of Norrköping.
On the site, there is a now ruined castle, Borgen Ål, the home of
Sten Haraldsson Gren, the father of Magnus, and a more modern Manor House,
the actual Grensholm. |
