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So set aside the disjointed idea that post-Conversion advent is being celebrated with a Norse Mythology-themed calendar . Besides, if you squint through history you can see past that Yule -takeover, and still enjoy Emberglow's The Darkness of Blighted Heart s , a solo RPG adventure in the form of a daily surprise-stuffed boxed calendar: And even better, instead of the fleeting joy of the usual candy, you get a limited edition resin dice set, a metal dice set, a chonky D20, 2 minifigs, actual amulet s related to the Norse Gods you'll be encountering (dying to see pics of these!), plus a daily dose of adventure that has cumulative rewards & consequences as you open a container slot each night! And if need something for your juleøl or vetrmetheglin while you play, for a reasonable $35 more you can get an Emberglow hearthfire logo'd drinking horn with your already limited edition box of holiday adventure: So at $127 for the box, which seems steep in one lump sum, yet if ...

After 2,122 pages, I've leveled up my Norse Lore studies by consuming all four volumes of  The Pre-Christian Religions of the North ! Inarguably the new standard academic reference work on Norse Mythology , as of its publication in 2020 CE it establishes a current baseline on what we believe we know about the Norse Gods and references all the possible usable contexts from literature, archaeology, anthropology, ancient sources, folklore, and comparative mythology/beliefs/culture, taking a much needed interdisciplinary approach that tends to support each other, though contrary and conflicting elements and analyses are openly noted, which only adds to the amazing scope of this offering. Breaking the overview of this History and Structures set down into its respective volumes, we get: Volume I: Basic Premises and Consideration of Sources Volume II: Social, Geographical, and Historical Contexts, and Communications Between Worlds Volume III: Conceptual Frameworks: The Cosmos and Collect...

While the cover of this looks pretty mid, the provenance of this NorsePlay'd contemporary fantasy is not. Author Sally Magnusson is not only an accomplished BBC broadcasting personality for 30 years, and a multi-titled author, she grew up under her father Magnus Magnusson (1929-2007 CE), possibly the most famous Icelander outside of Iceland (well, pre- Björk ), who not only also was a longtime BBC broadcasting personality, but a prominent popular translator of many  Icelandic Sagas  and wrote a travel book about visiting the sagasteads which has been in NorsePlay's TBR pile for a long time now. From the blurb material about The Shapeshifter’s Daughter , both Hel and a terminal cancer patient converge and help each other realize who they really are. The book was just released last week on November 5th 2025 CE in Orkney, and doesn't seem available in North America yet. Have any of you Orcadian NorsePlayers already read this? If so, let us know what you think in the comments b...

  These house brands of the fishermen's houses in Vitt on Rügen, Germany, appear to be descended or perhaps even part of a runestave or bindrune tradition , but their purpose was specifically used to denote familial property. This would include objects and cattle in addition to land and houses. The following are from Hiddensee, Germany: The practice of using these house marks was also extant in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, all areas that used a runic set of letters. I've used a bindrune of my initials to mark the top of my yard's "runestone" and less lethal launcher , and it would be cool to see this revived and NorsePlay'd back into practice. It really beats that 1970s CE disc stamping plastic label gun with its weaksauce glue backing for ancient/medieval cred. [first photo by Chron-Paul.] #     #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Gi...