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Age of Vikings: Core Rulebook

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Adventure in an Iceland of myth and legend!

The Duel

Hear the call of glory and honor, journey proud across your land free from the tyranny of kings and queens—enter the Age of Vikings!

What’s Inside?

In the Age of Vikings roleplaying game, you are transported to medieval Iceland—a vibrant land on the edge of the known world, where Vikings seek honor and fame through adventure.

The Complete Rules

A Shaman

Age of Vikings is a standalone game built with Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine. This rulebook contains the Hero creation rules, including Passions, family history, and ever-important Icelandic nicknames. The book also has rules for the Basic Roleplaying system as used in Age of Vikings, including skills, conflict resolution, and hero development

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An Unrivaled Historic Setting

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Age of Vikings covers the history of mythic Iceland in minute detail. The book outlines the life of a Viking, laws and government, religion, and the wild and wondrous creatures of legend. Take to the frigid seas with extensive rules for ships and seafaring, including naval combat—No other roleplaying game so effortlessly thrusts you into one of the most fabled cultures and time periods in history!

Map of Iceland

Aspects of the Sagas

Saga

This meaty tome includes a guide to Icelandic magic: rules for combining different Norse runes to cast powerful spells, and the shamanic practice of seiður. Also within is a full bestiary of enemies both magical and mundane, including an extensive section on the mysterious “Hidden People.”

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Adventure Awaits

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This complete roleplaying game also includes an introductory adventure designed for first-time players and characters. This adventure—The Alþing—can be used multiple times in a campaign, and comes with a suite of ready-to-play heroes.

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Nicolai B June 09, 2025 9:41 am UTC
Hi, I've only played RuneQuest so far and I really love the dangerous combat system. I'm wondering if it's included here as well (i.e., hit locations and their associated effects), or if it's more like the standard BRP combat system (just hit points)?
What is magic like in general? Is it more about support spells, or are there also offensive spells and options?
Looking forward to your answer – thanks in advance!
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Rick M June 21, 2025 2:43 pm UTC
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It has a very similar combat system as RuneQuest with hit locations, but no strike ranks.

There are two magic systems. Runes, that can be used in combat for direct effects (and healing), and Seiður magic that is slower but generally more powerful, and covering curses and even earthquakes.
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Simon P May 31, 2025 8:37 am UTC
I really like this. The mechanics (BRP) are heavyweight, especially character creation. We have to generate the lives of our grandparents, parents and our youth, which affects some side stats. For example, if our father was in the war against the French, we get a Hate [French] Passion, but if he died during the war, we stop generating his story, but we get a Reputation for his glorious death.
There are a lot of "vibe'y" mechanics, from the skiing tests, to simulating a farm in Iceland, courting your neighbours (there's quite a list of different laws in Iceland and how the guilty are punished).... you can even do tests to find a farmer or a wife and yes, your character might not be charismatic enough to have a partner and will die alone.
The game even goes so hardcore that there are.... optional tests to see if you can deliver a baby. It's more likely that this will be removed from my campaign, but if someone likes to count dead babies (40+% chance in this game that your offspring will not...See more
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Donald F May 22, 2025 4:29 pm UTC
How does this compare to the same author's Mythic Iceland, which is still available from Chaosium for about $10 less? Is the main difference that this version includes BRP rules so that it is a stand-alone game? Since there's no preview, it's hard to know.
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Brian D May 30, 2025 2:15 pm UTC
According to the author, the differences are:
- While Mythic Iceland was a setting book, Age of Vikings includes all of the game system rules
- Includes passions and augment rules from RuneQuest / Pendragon
- Greatly expanded historical information
- All new art throughout the book
- Expanded bestiary
- Includes six pre-generated characters
- Lots more play examples throughout the book
- New Seiður Magic system (a form of shamanism), with a distinct flavor from Rune Magic
- New character creation mechanics to ground the hero and their family within the rich tapestry of events in the Icelandic Sagas
- New Viking raid rules
- New Devotion rules replacing old Allegiance rules from BRP / Mythic Iceland
- New rules for events taking place at the heroes' farms between adventures, including farm circumstances and family events
- New rules for ships and seafaring, including naval combat
- New gorgeous pull-out map of Iceland with place...See more
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Rick M June 21, 2025 2:39 pm UTC
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Preview has been added. It used to default to create one, but no longer.
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Rick M June 21, 2025 2:47 pm UTC
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And yes, it is a stand-alone full-color game. I added the preview so you can see the first 10 pages.
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Simon P May 22, 2025 11:00 am UTC
Just started reading, and I really like how this is an *actual* Viking ttrpg. No techno-death metal space vikings, but actual adventures in slightly mythic Iceland. Mythical creatures are present, but the system is pretty grounded - you own a farm, there is a chapter concerning weather/cold rules and a lot of random tables, that also explain the meaning of various words. I instantly ordered the game in print after seeing this.
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Kelly O May 21, 2025 6:05 pm UTC
We need to have a Print version of this!
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Kurt M May 21, 2025 6:28 pm UTC
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The print version's available (with a free PDF) through Chaosium's web store.
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Dan D May 21, 2025 4:35 pm UTC
This sounds exciting (especially after reading some Mythic Iceland reviews.)

My son is studying up mainly on Anglo-Saxon stories but does have to know a bit about Norse stories as well. (He is applying to ASNaC at Cambridge) So I’ve been reading a lot of those stories and source material in order to help.

I’d love to review this one but unless it goes on deep sale perhaps for Black Friday, I’ll be waiting since I don’t play BRP except the very occasional break from OSR into CoC (Pulp rules version normally) But it does look good.

I remember very much enjoying The Northlands by FGG for their S&W system. When I have time, if ramp up isn’t too involved might actually try running something using these rules because there isn’t much other than Northlands out for S&W/AD&D for this!
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Anthony R May 21, 2025 5:34 pm UTC
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As a person who practices the Norse faith I can give you some tiles that help Dictionary of Northern Mythology, The Prose Edda, The Poetic Edda, Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes, The Saga of the Volsungs, Havamal, Spinning Wyrd The way of fire and ice.this are just a few tiles that can help you understand
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Author(s)
Pedro Ziviani
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Ossi Hiekkala, Martyna Starczewska, Wilmar Ballespi, Marie Baumgarten, Jason Behnke, Katrin Dirim, John Donahue, Eugenio Frosali, Sally Grew, Llyn Hunter, Brendan J Lancaster, Lionel Marty
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978-1-56882-532-8
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