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Vikings (RuneQuest)
''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 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division. Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events. History The Avalon Game Company Avalon Hill was started in 1952 outside Baltimore in Catonsville, Maryland by Charles S. Roberts under the name of "The Avalon Game Company" for the publication of his game ''Tactics''. It is considered the first of a new type of war game, consisting of a self-contained printed map, pieces, rules and box designed for the mass-market. Other war games published over the prior half-century, which Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
