So I started running a game of Saga of the Icelanders this month. It was not my choice of games. Others in the group wanted to play, but no one stepped up right away to run it. I thought since it is built on the Apocalypse World engine, how hard could it be. The game is played to find out what happens. It should be a low prep game, which is what I need.
Then I started reading the rules. The characters are settlers on island with no natives to contend with, no dangerous animals, and no rival countries vying for the land. The biggest resource is free land, so there won't be a gold rush. They have laws and courts. So what the heck is this game going to be about? It's all about relationships - an archaic Icelandic soap opera.
So here is our starting cast of characters:
Ragnhild (The Matriach)
Brynjolf the Tall (The Man)
Steinar Blood-Axe (The Huscarl)
Mohammad ibn Al-Hazrad (The Wanderer)
Ragnhild is one of the early settlers of Iceland. She now lives with her two sons on their family farmstead. Brynjolf, her eldest son from her first husband, runs the farm. Steinar is her son from her ex-husband Orm Nogood. Mohammad is working on the farm as he learns about the Iceland culture.
Coming up next the first session.
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