The Table Game

Spending any amount of time with the Vikings, one will soon encounter a ten by five grid of squares carved into some flat surface.  It can be found carved onto the rowing benches of their longships, the tables of their great halls, or even the stands of their stadiums.  This is the basis of a game so ubiquitous it is simply known as the “table game.”  Though it is often used as a way to pass the t…