[UnderProtest]

It does sound a bit like Thud, doesn't it? From your link:

Thud is a board game based on the earlier dwarfish game of Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl. It is played mainly by Dwarfs and Trolls... The game itself echos the game played by Vikings and Anglo-Saxons "Hnafletafle"- which literally means "Kings Table". Hnafletafle echos go beyond just the name. Like 'Thud' it is unusual in that it is an 'asymmetrical' game...

In that Thud is a parody of it.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Note that Thud! is a real-world version of the game, that is never precisely described in the books. Er, as far as I remember :)