Vikings

Vikings, Nordic Roleplaying for RuneQuest is a boxed tabletop role playing game supplement, written by Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen, with a cover by Steve Purcell. Published under license by Avalon Hill in 1985 for Chaosium's fantasy role-playing game RuneQuest. Contents Vikings provides a campaign setting called "Scania" that draws on historical and legendary sources for the Viking period. The boxed set contains: a 38-page "Players Book" a 30-page "Gamemaster Book" a 46-page "Scenario Book" containing six linked scenarios a 20-page "Viking Digest" a 15" x 22" map blank character sheets Information includes daily life in a Viking village, the justice system, character creation, new magic spells, religion, and new monsters. Publication history In 1984, Chaosium, the creators of RuneQuest, partnered with Avalon Hill to create a third edition of the role-playing game, hoping to take advantage of the larger company's marketing and publication power. For the most part, Chaosium refused to allow Avalon Hill to produce any material for Runequests original setting, Glorantha. Instead, Avalon Hill's material was set in a generic feudal setting known as Fantasy Earth. Vikings, the first of the Fantasy Earth supplements, was written by Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen, with illustrations by Charlie Krank, and cover art by Steve Purcell, and was published by Avalon Hill in 1985.