Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

The enemies come from the right. Tap above the bridge, or press the space bar, to strike. When a spear appears under the planks, tap below the bridge, or press the down arrow, before it rises. Those in blue take two hits. Defeat 20 enemies; you have 3 lives.

The story behind it

At the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada was killed. Later sources, such as Henry of Huntingdon, tell of an axeman who held the bridge until he was struck from below. The victory in the game is made up. Read the story in Stamford Bridge, 1066: the man who held the bridge and the battle tradition calls the end of the Viking Age.