The trees are as much worth seeing as the forest.

About

Table Heptathlon is about 7 ancient games:

chess, shatranj, hnefatafl, shogi, xiangqi, janggi and makruk.

We are trying to develop the rules and start real competitions of Table Heptathlon.

Project Virtual Hikes aka "All Over The World"

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

What's more, serious matches or competitions of Table Heptathlon around the world are of the utmost interest for us.

Testing new AI's capable of contesting Table Heptathlon matches.

On May 7, 2025, Table Heptathlon's first set of rules are outlined and published on the website: www.heptatlondemesa.org.

The first Table Heptathlon match was held in September 2025.

We made use of Ludii AI running on a Ludii 1.3.14 Ludii Player from the Ludii Portal - Home of the Ludii General Game System.

Check out the results here

Our current project is testing a number of engines to get ready for the initial Table Heptathlon matches.

Working on completing the site.